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9th Grade Nervous System Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of the nervous system?

a)

Quick / direct communication.

b)

Communicating information to the whole body at once.

c)

Detecting stimuli only.

d)

Processing information only.

2.

Which of these is a function of the peripheral nervous system?

a)

detect stimuli only

b)

process information only

c)

respond to information only

d)

detect and respond to information

3.

Which of these is considered an involuntary action?

a)

laughing at a joke

b)

screaming at someone who scared you

c)

diaphragm contractions

d)

chewing your food

4.

Which part of the brain is responsible for conscious thought?

a)

the occipital lobe

b)

the cerebellum

c)

the cerebrum

d)

the brain stem

5.

What is responsible for detecting stimuli?

a)

the brain

b)

the motor neurons

c)

the relay neurons

d)

the receptor cells

6.

Which of these is an example of an effector?

a)

taste buds on the tongue

b)

photoreceptors (they detect light) in the eye

c)

a motor neuron leading to your arm

d)

the pancreas

7.

Which part of the neuron receives signals?

a)

dendrite

b)

axon

c)

cell body

d)

myelin sheath

8.

How do neurons trasmit a signal:

a) down a neuron / b) from neuron to neuron?

a)

a) electrical / b) chemical

b)

a) chemical / b) electrical

c)

a) chemical / b) chemical

d)

a) electrical / b) electrical

9.

Which type of neuron would be connected to photoreceptors in your eye?

a)

sensory neuron

b)

motor neuron

c)

relay neuron

d)

connector neuron

10.

How is the Na+/K+ pump important to neuron function?

a)

It sets up a negative charge in the cell = resting potential

b)

It sets up a positive charge in the cell = action potential

c)

It causes the signal to pass down the neuron = action potential

d)

It prevents the neuron from receiving a signal = repolarization