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senses

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

What cell is the basic functional unit of the nervous system?

a)

b)

spinal cord

c)

neurons

2.

Which part of the body is the control center for the nervous system?

a)

brain

b)

spinal cord

3.

Which term refers to something in the environment that causes an organism to react?

a)

response

b)

synapse

c)

neuron

d)

stimulus

4.

Which system controls the actions of the body and processes information from the outside world?

a)

circulatory system

b)

nervous system

5.

Which is the correct match of the sense to the sense receptor?

a)

hearing: taste buds

b)

sight: olfactory bulb

c)

taste: ear drum

d)

touch: skin

6.

Which of the following are the three parts of the nervous system?

a)

brain, spinal cord, and nerves

b)

brain, heart, and spinal cord

7.

You touch a hot pan and immediately move your hand away. What is the stimulus in this scenario?

a)

smell of cooking food

b)

moving your hand away

c)

touching the hot pan

d)

sight of the hand on the pan

8.

Which of the following is the correct order of the neural pathway?

a)

Reponse, sensory nerves, brain, motor nerve, stimulus

b)

Stimulus, sensory nerve, brain, motor nerve, response

c)

Sensory nerve, stimulus, brain, response, motor nerve

d)

Stimulus, spinal cord, motor neuron, brain, response

9.

Which structures are the basic parts of the central nervous system?

a)

sensory and motor neurons

b)

nerves and spinal cord

c)

brain and spinal cord

10.

You smell chocolate chip cookies baking and begin to drool. What is the response in this scenario?

a)

beginning to drool

b)

smell of chocolate chip cookies