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nervous system #1

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the main two parts of the central nervous system?
a)
Brain and Skull
b)
Brain and Spinal Cord
c)
Spinal Cord and Nerves
d)
Nerve Cells and Nerve Endings
2.
What sense organ is responsible for our sense of touch?
a)
Ears
b)
Face
c)
Nose 
d)
Skin
3.
Which of the following is NOT a sense organ?
a)
Nose
b)
Eyes
c)
Tongue/Mouth
d)
Hands
4.
What type of cell gathers and carries information?
a)
Nerve Ending
b)
Sense Organ
c)
Sensory Cell
d)
Nerve Cell
5.

A nerve cell is called a

a)

cardiac cell

b)

neurons

6.

What is the name of the blue structure

a)

axon terminal

b)

dendrite

c)

schwann cell

d)

axon

7.

Myelin would be made by what structure

a)

the red one

b)

the blue one

c)

the green one

d)

the purple one

8.

What part of a neuron receives messages from other neurons?

a)

dendrite

b)

cell body

c)

axon

d)

axon terminal

9.

What part of a neuron is responsible for sending an impulse to the next neuron?

a)

Axon Terminal

b)

Dendrites

c)

Cell Body

d)

Axon

10.

The nerves that extend from the brain and spinal cord, make up the _____________________.

a)

Central Nervous System(CNS)

b)

Somatic Nervous System

c)

Autonomic Nervous System

d)

Peripheral Nervous System(PNS)

11.

The part of the body that integrates the information it receives from all over the body in order to make decisions is called the __________________

a)

peripheral nervous system

b)

sympathetic nervous system

c)

central nervous system

d)

parasympathetic nervous system

12.
What is number 1?
a)
dendrite 
b)
axon
c)
cell body
d)
myelin sheath
13.
What is number 4?
a)
dendrite
b)
axon 
c)
cell body
d)
myelin sheath
14.
What is number 5?
a)
cell body
b)
nucleus
c)
axon terminal
d)
synapes
15.

The main organ of the nervous system.

a)

spinal cord

b)

nerves

c)

neuron

d)

brain

16.

Protective bones which surround and protect the spinal cord.

a)

vertebrae

b)

brain

c)

central nervous system

d)

peripheral nervous system

17.

A bundle of nerves that go to and from the brain.

a)

spinal cord

b)

medulla

c)

neuron

d)

vertebrae

18.

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

19.

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

20.
A person feels the heat of a hot stove.
a)
Stimulus
b)
Response
21.
The response is most like....
a)
the cause
b)
the effect
c)
the hypothesis
d)
the question
22.

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

a)

Motor neuron

b)

Sensory neuron

c)

Nerve

d)

Spinal neuron

23.

A change in an organism’s environment that causes a response.

a)

Stimulus

b)

Response

c)

Tropism

d)

Phototropism

24.

A reaction to a stimulus.

a)

Reflex

b)

Response

c)

Behavior

d)

Stimulus

25.

A change in the internal (inside) environment of an organism that causes a response.

a)

Internal Stimulus

b)

External Stimulus

c)

Stimulus

d)

Response

26.

A change in the external (outside) environment of an organism that causes a response.

a)

Internal Stimulus

b)

External Stimulus

c)

Stimulus

d)

Response

27.

The response of an animal when it feels threatened; it prepares to either attack or run away.

a)

Fear

b)

Reflex

c)

Fight-or-Flight Response

d)

Trial and Error

28.

An organism’s ability to maintain steady, internal conditions even when outside conditions change. A state of internal balance.

a)

Homeostasis

b)

Stimulus

c)

Conditioning

d)

Instinct

29.

Bacteria is an example of a(n) ______ organism.

a)

unicellular

b)

multicellular

c)

nonliving

d)

mammal

30.

What are humans?

a)

Prokaryote

b)

Eukaryote

31.
Any living thing is called an
a)
organ
b)
organization
c)
organism
d)
cell
32.

What type of stimulus is the smell of pizza?

a)

Internal

b)

External

c)

Learned

d)

Instinct

33.

What type of stimulus is thirst?

a)

Internal

b)

External

c)

Learned

d)

Instinct

34.

What kind of stimulus is hunger?

a)

Internal

b)

External

c)

Learned

d)

Instinct