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Nervous system

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three parts of the nervous system?

a)

brain, spinal cord, neurons

b)

brain, lungs, spinal cord

c)

heart, brain, nerves

d)

brain, nerves, neurons

2.

What is the function of the nervous system?

a)

sensory inputs, process information, motor output

b)

to protect the body from harm.

c)

Sensory input and motor output

d)

Make decisions and process information

3.

Identify the stimulus

a)

Thirsty

b)

drinking water

c)

blinking

d)

eating

4.

Identify the response

a)

hunger

b)

thirst

c)

drinking water

d)

smelling

5.
A person feels the heat of a hot stove.
a)
Stimulus
b)
Response
6.
The stimulus is most closely related to....
a)
the cause
b)
the effect
c)
the hypothesis
d)
the conclusion
7.
The response is most like....
a)
the cause
b)
the effect
c)
the hypothesis
d)
the question
8.

What part of your body carries signals from your brain to your muscles (you can choose more than one)

a)

Motor neurons

b)

Spinal cord

c)

Sensory neurons

d)

Blood vessels

9.

How many sense do humans have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

more than 6

10.

What kind of neuron carries information from our eyes to our brain?

a)

Motor neuron

b)

Sensory neuron

c)

Nerve

d)

Spinal neuron

11.

Which has more potential energy helicopter hovering high in the air or a helicopter falling quickly

a)

Hovering helicopter

b)

Fast falling helicopter

12.

What type of energy does a soccer ball rolling on the ground have?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Just plain energy

d)

No Energy

13.

What type of energy does a person standing at the top of a ladder have?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Gravitational Potential

c)

Elastic Potential

d)

Chemical Potential

e)

No Energy

14.

Conservation of energy means that

a)

energy can be created but not destroyed

b)

energy can be destroyed but not created

c)

energy can be both created and destroyed

d)

energy can be neither created nor destroyed

15.

Kinetic energy can be described as

a)

energy in motion

b)

stored energy

c)

a chemical reaction

d)

connected energy

16.

As a boulder rolls from the top of a hill to the bottom, how does its potential and kinetic energy change?

a)

Potential and kinetic energy both increase.

b)

Potential energy increases and kinetic energy decreases.

c)

Potential energy decreases and kinetic energy increases.

d)

Potential and kinetic energy both increase.

17.

What is it called when one type of energy changes to another type of energy?

a)

Energy transfer

b)

a Joule

c)

energy transformation

d)

total energy

18.

What is it called when one type of energy moves from one object to another ?

a)

Energy transfer

b)

a Joule

c)

energy transformation

d)

total energy

19.

Potential energy can be described as

a)

energy in motion

b)

stored energy

c)

a chemical reaction

d)

connected energy