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Nervous System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Responds to information received from the outside environment and inside your body. For example, touching a hot stove.

a)

Nerves

b)

Brain

c)

Stimulus

d)

Dendrite

2.

Branch like extensions of the neuron that receive chemical messages and carry them to the cell body.

a)

Neurons

b)

Dendrites

c)

Nerves

d)

Spinal cord

3.

A bundle of nerves that runs along the back of a vertebrate within the spinal column.

a)

Spinal cord

b)

Dendrites

c)

Brain Stem

d)

Stimulus

4.

A nerve cell

a)

Brain

b)

Dendrite

c)

Spinal cord

d)

Neuron

5.

The system of the body that carries information to all parts of the body

a)

Neuron

b)

Nervous System

c)

Spinal cord

d)

Brain

6.

Carry message from body to brain and from the brain to the body.

a)

Nerves

b)

Neuron

c)

Brain

d)

Spinal Cord

7.

The main control center in an animal body; part of the central nervous system.

a)

Brain

b)

Brain Stem

c)

Spinal cord

d)

Nervous System

8.

A(n) ________________ is the space between two neurons

a)

Brain

b)

Synapse

c)

Nerve

d)

Stimulus

9.

A set of organs that are not connected to each other and control growth, development, and responses to the environment _______________.

a)

Endrocrine system

b)

Nervous System

c)

Nerves

d)

Central Nervous System

10.

A(n) _____________ carries messages away from a neuron and passes them to other cells.

a)

Body Cell

b)

Dendrite

c)

Axon

d)

Stimulus

11.
How many nerves do we have in our body?
a)
3 nerves
b)
about a billion nerves
c)
a thousand nerves
12.
 Jenny said that the nerves are USELESS in our body?
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Marry said that without the nerves we CAN feel heat or cold
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Does a single nerve has cells?
a)
Yes, it contains cells
b)
No, they don't have one
c)
Maybe
15.

These three parts work together to make up the Central Nervous System. They are the ________, ______, and _______.

a)

Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves

b)

Heart, Lungs, Brain

c)

Cerebrum, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebellum