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9 Senses & Disease

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Nerve impulses are carried from the eye to the brain by the
a)
optic nerve
b)
transducens nerve
c)
cornea
d)
rod and cone cells
2.

Which of the following statements about sense organs is INCORRECT?

a)

They are responsible for producing senses.

b)

They contain sensory cells.

c)

They are responsible for detecting stimuli.

d)

There are five sense organs in humans.

3.

Which of the following is the cause of illusion?

a)

The brain is tired.

b)

The brain fails to work.

c)

The brain misinterprets the signals.

d)

The signals are not interpreted by the brain.

4.

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

a)

touch and smell

b)

smell and taste

c)

taste and hearing

d)

hearing and smell

5.

Disease causing agents such as bacteria and viruses are called _______________.

a)

pathogens

b)

antibodies

c)

villians

d)

particles

6.

What is the primary function of your immune system?

a)

to create organelles

b)

to protect your body from pathogens

c)

to aid in blood circulation

d)

to protect your bones and muscles

7.

Skin protects a person from pathogens by _______________.

a)

being thin and easy to allow things through

b)

shedding occasionally

c)

serving as a protective layer that keeps foreign objects out

d)

allowing bacteria to enter if it is healthy

8.

Which parts of the respiratory system keep pathogens from reaching the inside of your body? (select all that apply)

a)

nose hair

b)

lungs

c)

mucus

d)

blood

9.

Select 3 ways that your digestive system works to protect you form pathogens that have entered your body on food?

a)

by using stomach acids to neutralize the pathogen

b)

causing you to vomit

c)

causing you to have diarrhea

d)

causing you to burp

10.

Most bacterial diseases can be treated with _______________.

a)

antibiotics

b)

carcinogens

c)

pathogens

d)

microbes

11.

All bacteria cause illness and disease.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

Viruses include... (select all that apply)

a)

flu

b)

common cold

c)

measles

d)

chicken pox

e)

food poisoning

13.

Our sense organs ................. information from our surroundings

a)

receive

b)

interprets

14.

We use our .............. to detect ............ around us and send messages to the brain.

a)

sense - stimuli

b)

organs - smells

c)

muscles - responses

15.

The sense organ that can detect cold, hot, pain, and pressure

a)

eyes

b)

nose

c)

ears

d)

skin

16.

The main function of all our senses

a)

Protect us

b)

Help us find food

c)

Let us enjoy the world around us

d)

Connect us with our environment

17.

what is a stimulus

a)

something you are born with

b)

something that causes a response/reaction

c)

basic unit of life

d)

traits that you receive

18.

what are the 2 parts of the nervous system

a)

brain/heart

b)

brain/spinal cord

c)

spinal cord/heart

d)

heart/liver

19.

Disease that can be spread from one generation to the next

a)

Microbiology

b)

Infection

c)

Streptococcus

d)

Infectious Disease

20.

Illness or sickness caused by genes, infection, toxicity, nutritional imbalance, etc.

a)

Disease

b)

Hygiene

c)

Epidemic

d)

Protozoa

21.

A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting widespread regions across the world ( ex: smallpox, TB, certain flu outbreaks)

a)

Epidemic

b)

Pandemic

c)

Protozoa

d)

Bacteria

22.

Organism that benefits from a host organism while the host is harmed

a)

Disease

b)

Pandemic

c)

Epidemic

d)

Parasite

23.

A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting many large populations( example: typhoid)

a)

Disease

b)

Epidemic

c)

Pandemic

d)

Bacteria

24.

How does the nervous system detect changes to the environment?

4 lines
25.

Explain how the reflex arc works to keep us safe?

4 lines