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The Nervous System

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Central Nervous system has 2 parts:

a)

The stomach

b)

The nerves

c)

The organs

d)

The brain and the spinal cord

2.

The peripheral nervous system is

a)

The brain

b)

The spinal cord

c)

The nerves that run though the body

d)

The organs in the body

3.

How many lobes does the brain have?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

6

d)

3

4.

This lobe is in charge of making decisions

a)

Occipital

b)

Parietal

c)

Frontal

d)

Temporal

5.

The lobe in charge of processing vision

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

6.

The lobe in charge of balance and coordination

a)

Frontal

b)

That is not a LOBE, it is the cerebellum

c)

Temporal

d)

Parietal

7.

The lobe in charge of hearing

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

8.

The lobe in charge of processing sensory input

a)

Frontal

b)

Temporal

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

9.

The most important organ of the Nervous System.

a)

The Neuron

b)

The Brain

c)

The Spinal Cord

10.

Connected to your sensory organs, they pass along information.

a)

The Nerves

b)

The Spinal Cord

c)

The Brain

11.

Animal cell of the Nervous System.

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Brainstem

c)

The Neuron

12.

What action describes a response to internal stimuli?

a)

Catching a ball at a baseball game

b)

Drinking when you are thirsty

c)

Running at the sight of a wild lion

d)

Writing a thank you note

13.

A household plant is placed on a window sill gets direct, bright sunlight every afternoon. The plant starts to grow toward the window. What kind of response is described by this situation?

a)

A negative response to a stimulus

b)

A learned behavior

c)

Gravitropism

d)

Phototropism

14.

What sensory receptor reacts to light?

a)

Chemoreceptor

b)

Nociceptor

c)

Photoreceptor

d)

Gravoreceptor

15.

What receptor reacts to physical forces?

a)

Chemoreceptor

b)

Mechanoreceptor

c)

Electroreceptor

d)

Thermoreceptor

16.

What receptor helps us identify changes in smell and taste?

a)

Thermoreceptors

b)

Proprioreceptors

c)

Electroreceptors

d)

Chemoreceptors

17.

What is a thermoreceptor?

a)

Responds to body position

b)

Responds to changes in temperature

c)

Responds to physical forces including touch and pressure

d)

Responds to squirrels running outside

18.

What is an example of an internal stimulus?

a)

I'm so hungry, I can't stand it! My stomach is growling.

b)

The weather is cold out there.

c)

Lions and Tigers and Bears..Oh My!

d)

Those sticker bushes cut my leg!

19.

What is an example of an External Stimuli?

a)

Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh my!! Run!

b)

I'm so hungry, I could eat my shoe.

c)

This test is causing me stress...I'm sweating!

d)

I'm asleep.

20.

Examples of Chemoreceptors are....

a)

Touch and hearing

b)

Sight and time

c)

Taste and smell

d)

Pain and tissue damage

21.

This sense organ is use for hearing.

a)
b)
c)
22.

This sense organ is use for smelling.

a)
b)
c)
23.

This sense organ is use for feeling.

a)
b)
c)
24.

This sense organ is use for seeing.

a)
b)
c)
25.

This is the place where digestion starts.

a)

stomach

b)

mouth

c)

small intestine

d)

large intestine

26.

What is the name of this organ?

a)

Bladder

b)

Kidney

c)

Stomach

d)

Pancreas

27.

What is this organ?

a)

Toe

b)

Eye

c)

Hair

d)

Brain

28.

what is this organ?

a)

Bones

b)

Muscles

c)

Lungs

d)

Brain

29.

what organs are they?

a)

Bones

b)

Skeletons

c)

Muscles

d)

Lungs

30.

What organ helps you move, think and feel

a)

Lungs

b)

Heart

c)

Stomach

d)

Brain

31.

What organ(s) are these?

a)

The kidneys

b)

The liver

c)

The heart

d)

The lungs

32.

What organ is this?

a)

The liver

b)

The heart

c)

The kidneys

d)

The brain

33.

Which organ is responsible for bringing air, in and out of your body?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

Which organ is responsible for breaking down and digesting your food?

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

Which organ is responsible for filtering your blood?

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

The skin does all of these except:

a)

Allow us to have the sense of touch

b)

Help the body absorb sugary food

c)

Help keep our bodies at just the right temperature

d)

Protect our bodies

37.

something that causes a response is called a

a)

response

b)

stimulus

c)

touch

d)

survival

38.

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

a)

external

b)

internal

39.

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

a)

geotropism

b)

homeostasis

c)

response

d)

photosynthesis

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

43.

Do bacteria respond to stimulus

a)

No

b)

Yes

44.

Screaming due to fear is an example of a...

a)

stimulus

b)

response

45.

Bright light is an example of a...

a)

stimulus

b)

response

46.

A driver stops the car, because she sees a red light. What was the stimulus?

a)

The red light

b)

Stopping the car