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Neuroscience!

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The brain and spinal cord make up the...

a)

Body

b)

Nerves

c)

Central Nervous System

d)

Peripheral system

2.

Information in neurons travel

a)

Right to Left

b)

Dendrite to Axon

c)

Axon to Dendrite

d)

Across

3.

Motor Neurons are typically found in...

a)

Stomachs

b)

Brains

c)

Lungs

d)

Muscles

4.

True or false: All humans send the same information out

a)

True

b)

False

5.

True or False: Social Interaction affects learning.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What best describes a reflex action?

a)

Does not always use the brain

b)

Is something you think about

c)

Uses the brain

d)

Occurs slowly

7.

What best describes a voluntary action?

a)

Occurs without thinking

b)

Uses the brain

c)

Happens VERY fast

d)

Always means moving

8.

Interneurons...

a)

Are found only in muscle

b)

Don't exist

c)

Send information from one neuron to another

d)

Are only used in reflexes

9.

When you step on a needle and pull away your foot, what is the stimulus?

a)

Pulling away your foot

b)

Pain

c)

Crying

d)

The needle touching your foot

10.

When you get scared and jump, what is the response?

a)

Jumping

b)

Getting scared

c)

Seeing the person scare you

d)

Ghosts

11.

Which best describes your brain?

a)

It smells funny

b)

It has different regions

c)

It works slowly

d)

It cannot change

12.

What is the name of a nerve cell?

a)

Dendrite

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Neuron

d)

Brain

13.

How many neurons are in your brain?

a)

Less than 100

b)

1,000

c)

46,783

d)

Over a billion

14.

From our lab, mice with faster times...

a)

Could see better

b)

Ate more

c)

Learned faster

d)

Had more memory

15.

In a reflex pathway, the first neuron is a...

a)

Internueon

b)

Sensory Neuron

c)

Motor Neuron

d)

Extraneous Neuron

16.

A sensory receptor...

a)

Senses

b)

Is found only in the knee

c)

Sends information to its' dendrite

d)

Is in the brain

17.

Tonight I will study for the quiz by...

a)

Using Quizlet

b)

Teaching a friend/family member

c)

Going through the study guide

d)

Going through my science notebook