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7L4 Nervous System: Sensation

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Sensory neurons are also called
a)
interneurons
b)
efferent
c)
afferent
d)
 glia cells
2.
The nerves in your fingertips are part of the ___ nervous system
a)
peripheral
b)
central
c)
 cardiovascular
d)
interna.
3.
Neurons send signals in the brain and body via...
a)
neurotransmitters only
b)
electrical impulses only
c)
both electrical and neurotransmitters
d)
wifi
4.
The peripheral nervous system can be divided into these two functions:
a)
movement and sensation
b)
movement and thinking
c)
movement and smell only
d)
thinking and decision making
5.
The outermost of the meninges is the
a)
pia mater
b)
dura mater
c)
subarachnoid mater
d)
arachnoid mater
6.

"Fight or flight" describes what division of the nervous system?

a)

Sympathetic

b)

Parasympathetic

7.

The sensation of chewing, biting, or brain freeze comes from what nerve?

a)

Accessory

b)

Trochlear

c)

Trigeminal

d)

Vestibularcochlear

8.

what is perception

a)

the inward angle of the eyes focusing on a near object

b)

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

c)

a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

d)

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

9.
If a head injury results in someone no longer being able to hear, which part of the brain may have been damaged?
a)
temporal lobe
b)
occipital lobe
c)
parietal lobe
d)
frontal lobe
10.

Perception ca be defined as-

a)

how we perceive different things

b)

how we interpret the information from the external world

c)

how we sense things from the external world

11.

What is Sensation?

a)

Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.

b)

refers to how the mind process information

c)

refers to how we store information

12.

If we did not have cones in our eyes, we would not see

a)

colors

b)

shapes

c)

sizes

d)

distant objects

13.

Juan's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Beth's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Beth's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Juan's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates

a)

absolute threshold

b)

difference threshold

c)

sensory adaptation

d)

closure