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Nervous System

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these are structures in the nervous system?

a)

Brain

b)

Spinal cord

c)

Nerves

d)

Vertebrae (backbones)

e)

Rib cage

2.
The spinal cord is part of the nervous system.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The trachea is part of the nervous system.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

What is the main function of the nervous system?

a)

to inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide

b)

to break down food consumed by a person for nutrients

c)

to control the body's activities by relaying messages

d)

to control the body's movements

5.

What are the two divisions of the nervous system?

a)

Central and Lower nervous systems

b)

Central and Peripheral nervous systems

c)

Lower and Cerebral nervous systems

d)

Central and Muscular nervous systems

6.

What are the three parts of the nervous system?

a)

brain, spinal cord, nerves

b)

brain, lungs, spinal cord

c)

heart, brain, nerves

d)

brain, nerves, neurons

7.

A nerve cell is called a:

a)

neutron

b)

nerve

c)

neuron

d)

synapse

8.

Senses recognize ____________ which are recognized by the brain and results in a response.

a)

Synapses

b)

Brain messages

c)

Stimuli (plural of stimulus)

d)

Cerebrums

9.

When the spinal cord responds in an emergency to a stimulus before the brain, this is called a...

a)

response

b)

synapse

c)

cerebral response

d)

reflex

10.

The regulation of steady internal conditions in an organism is called ___.

a)

homeostasis

b)

reflex

c)

paralysis

d)

synapse

11.

An involuntary, automatic response to a stimulus controlled by the spinal cord is a ____.

a)

stimulus

b)

reflex

c)

paralysis

d)

cerebellum

12.

The thick cord of nerve tissue in the center of the backbone is the ____.

a)

dendrite

b)

neuron

c)

spinal cord

d)

brain stem

13.

What type of stimulus?

The smell of pizza

a)

Internal

b)

External

14.
What type of stimulus?
Increasing pH levels in blood
a)
Internal
b)
External
15.
What type of stimulus?
Decreasing body temperature
a)
Internal
b)
External
16.
What type of stimulus?
Touch a hot skillet
a)
Internal
b)
External
17.
What type of stimulus?
Increasing blood sugar levels
a)
Internal
b)
External
18.
What type of stimulus?
An infection in the body
a)
Internal
b)
External
19.

something that causes a response is called a

a)

response

b)

stimulus

c)

touch

d)

survival

20.

What type of stimuli originate in the environment around an organism?

a)

external

b)

internal

21.

How an organism reacts to internal or external stimuli...

a)

geotropism

b)

homeostasis

c)

response

d)

photosynthesis

22.

the body's ability to regulate its inner environment in response to changes in the outside environment is called...

a)

phototropism

b)

homeostasis

c)

response

d)

warm

23.

An organisms special survival instinct to threat is called

a)

learned or flight response

b)

instinct or fight response

c)

fight or flight response

d)

instinct or learned response

24.

An example of an internal stimuli would be...

a)

A rabbit sees a fox is about to attack

b)

A rabbit is hungry

c)

A rabbit hears a shotgun go off

25.

An example of an external stimulus would be...

a)

You want a drink of water

b)

You are hungry

c)

You feel nauseated

d)

You get cold when you walk outside