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Nervous and Endocrine system

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

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Class
Date
1.

Choose levels of organization in the correct order from smallest to largest.

a)

organ system, tissue, organ, cells

b)

cells, organs, tissues, organ systems

c)

cells, tissues, organs, organ systems

d)

organ systems, organs, tissues, cells

2.

What are the two parts of the nervous system?

a)

Central nervous system

b)

Brain

c)

Senses

d)

Peripheral nervous system

3.

Hormones are

a)

email messages

b)

chemical messages

c)

voicemail messages

d)

chemical markers

4.

In a neuron, impulses move

a)

from dendrite to axon

b)

from cell body to dendrite

c)

from axon to cell body

5.

Carries nerve impulses to muscles or glands

a)

sensory neurons

b)

motor neurons

6.

Gathers info that is happening in and around your body

a)

motor neurons

b)

sensory neurons

7.

What is the job of your endocrine system?

a)

To control the body using electrical signals

b)

To bring oxygen into the body

c)

To pump blood from the heart

d)

To send chemical messages called hormones

8.

Groups of cells that release hormones are called

a)

Organs

b)

Tissues

c)

Glands

d)

Organ Systems

9.

Your pituitary gland controls which of the following?

a)

Sleeping

b)

Metabolism

c)

Body Temperature

d)

Growth

10.

How do your nervous and muscular systems interact?

a)

The brain sends messages telling muscles to contract

b)

Your skull protects your brain

c)

They don't interact

d)

The brain supplies oxygen to muscle cells

11.

How do hormones get to different parts of your body?

a)

They float through air

b)

They don't travel to different parts of your body

c)

They travel in your blood.

d)

They are carried by nerve cells

12.
Homeostasis
a)
allows for a wildly fluctuating internal environment
b)
is impossible in vertebrates
c)
is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation
d)
is the maintenance of a relatively stable external environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation
13.
When you get cut, your skin cells release hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. Platelets then release more hormones that signal even more platelets to help stop bleeding. The hormone signals continue until the cut is closed.
a)
Positive Feedback Response
b)
Negative Feedback Loop 
14.
a body system that controls and coordinates all body activities through electric impulses/messages between brain, spinal cord and nerves.
a)
endocrine system 
b)
nervous system
c)
nerve
d)
neuron
15.
a body system that controls growth and homeostasis by secreting hormones from glands.
a)
skeletal system
b)
nervous system
c)
endocrine sytem
d)
integumentary system
16.
If the environment gets cold, we will often shiver in order to:
a)
keep body temperature the same as the external temperature
b)
decrease body temperature
c)
increase body temperature
d)
regulate blood pressure
17.
The "cause" for something to happen is the
a)
response
b)
effect
c)
stimulus
d)
homeostasis
18.

Which best describes the stimulus-response model?

a)

Stimulus -> receptor -> effector -> control center -> response

b)

Stimulus -> receptor -> control centre -> effector -> response

c)

Stimulus -> effector -> control center -> receptor -> response

19.

When blood glucose is high, the negative feedback mechanism is to produce which hormone?

a)

Glucagon

b)

Glycogen

c)

Insulin

d)

Basal Insulin

20.

What is the role of reflexes ?

a)

automatically adjusting to changes in environment

b)

Reducing and avoiding damage to tissues

c)

Maintaining posture and balance

d)

finding food and mates and escaping predators

e)

All of the above