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WorksheetsNervous System Notes Work
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 36mins
Station 1: How is the brain like a computer?
It has biology
It can store information
It has files
It can speak
Why would our brains develop to be larger than all other animals in the animal kingdom?
Humans have more information we need to process
Animals are smarter than humans
Animals have more interaction
Humans can see better than animals
Station 2: What are the 3 general parts of the brain?
frontal lobe, parietal lobe, and occipital lobe
cerebrum, cerebellum, and, brainstem
cerebral cortex, central nervous system, and peripheral nervous system
1, 2, and 3
Your frontal lobe doesn't develop until your twenties. How does that relate to the fact that people sometimes say, "teenagers have poor impulse control?"
The frontal lobe is capable of storing massive amounts of information
Teenagers can't tell similarities and differences
Teenagers have a hard time determining consequences for their actions
The frontal lobe controls language
Station 3: Where are more neurons than the brain located?
Cerebrum
Primary Role
Spinal Cord
Cerebellum
What are some important things the cerebellum does?
initiate movement
transmits messages to the brain
controls balance and posture
retains information
Station 4: What protects the spinal cord?
Skull
Ribs
Tissues
Spine
Station 5: What are the functions of the Central Nervous System?
interpret information received from all parts of the body
protects the cranium and vertebral column
Controls movements
plays a role in spatial relationships
Why are both the brain and spinal cord surrounded by bone?
so messages from nerves can travel quicker
so they can be protected
so blood can't get to them
so they are separate from the rest of the body
Station 6: What 2 categories is the Peripheral Nervous System divided into?
arm and heart
outside and surrounding
motor and sensory
central and peripheral
Station 7: What is the difference between motor neurons and sensory neurons?
motor neurons carry impulses from the spinal cord to the brain and muscles and sensory neurons carry impulses from the sensory organs to the spinal cord and brain
motor neurons have axons and sensory neurons do not
Motor neurons do not have nerves and sensory neurons do
Motor neurons carry information from the legs (your motors) to the brain and sensory neurons carry information from the mouth and nose (your senses) to the brain
Which option includes only parts of the Nervous System?
heart, brain, and nerves
spinal cord, brain stem, and frontal lobe
brain, head and neurons
skull, spine, and brain
