WorksheetsThe Nervous System
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
The Central Nervous system has 2 parts:
The stomach
The nerves
The organs
The brain and the spinal cord
The peripheral nervous system is
The brain
The spinal cord
The nerves that run though the body
The organs in the body
How many lobes does the brain have?
5
4
6
3
This lobe is in charge of making decisions
Occipital
Parietal
Frontal
Temporal
The lobe in charge of processing vision
Frontal
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital
The lobe in charge of balance and coordination
Frontal
That is not a LOBE, it is the cerebellum
Temporal
Parietal
The lobe in charge of hearing
Frontal
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital
The lobe in charge of processing sensory input
Frontal
Temporal
Parietal
Occipital
The most important organ of the Nervous System.
The Neuron
The Brain
The Spinal Cord
Connected to your sensory organs, they pass along information.
The Nerves
The Spinal Cord
The Brain
Animal cell of the Nervous System.
Cerebellum
Brainstem
The Neuron
What action describes a response to internal stimuli?
Catching a ball at a baseball game
Drinking when you are thirsty
Running at the sight of a wild lion
Writing a thank you note
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 negative response to a stimulus
A learned behavior
Gravitropism
Phototropism
What sensory receptor reacts to light?
Chemoreceptor
Nociceptor
Photoreceptor
Gravoreceptor
What receptor reacts to physical forces?
Chemoreceptor
Mechanoreceptor
Electroreceptor
Thermoreceptor
What receptor helps us identify changes in smell and taste?
Thermoreceptors
Proprioreceptors
Electroreceptors
Chemoreceptors
What is a thermoreceptor?
Responds to body position
Responds to changes in temperature
Responds to physical forces including touch and pressure
Responds to squirrels running outside
What is an example of an internal stimulus?
I'm so hungry, I can't stand it! My stomach is growling.
The weather is cold out there.
Lions and Tigers and Bears..Oh My!
Those sticker bushes cut my leg!
What is an example of an External Stimuli?
Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh my!! Run!
I'm so hungry, I could eat my shoe.
This test is causing me stress...I'm sweating!
I'm asleep.
Examples of Chemoreceptors are....
Touch and hearing
Sight and time
Taste and smell
Pain and tissue damage
This sense organ is use for hearing.
This sense organ is use for smelling.
This sense organ is use for feeling.
This sense organ is use for seeing.
This is the place where digestion starts.
stomach
mouth
small intestine
large intestine
What is the name of this organ?
Bladder
Kidney
Stomach
Pancreas
What is this organ?
Toe
Eye
Hair
Brain
what is this organ?
Bones
Muscles
Lungs
Brain
what organs are they?
Bones
Skeletons
Muscles
Lungs
What organ helps you move, think and feel
Lungs
Heart
Stomach
Brain
What organ(s) are these?
The kidneys
The liver
The heart
The lungs
What organ is this?
The liver
The heart
The kidneys
The brain
Which organ is responsible for bringing air, in and out of your body?
Which organ is responsible for breaking down and digesting your food?
Which organ is responsible for filtering your blood?
The skin does all of these except:
Allow us to have the sense of touch
Help the body absorb sugary food
Help keep our bodies at just the right temperature
Protect our bodies
something that causes a response is called a
response
stimulus
touch
survival
What type of stimuli originate in the environment around an organism?
external
internal
How an organism reacts to internal or external stimuli...
geotropism
homeostasis
response
photosynthesis
the body's ability to regulate its inner environment in response to changes in the outside environment is called...
phototropism
homeostasis
response
warm
An example of an external stimulus would be...
You want a drink of water
You are hungry
You feel nauseated
You get cold when you walk outside
An example of an internal stimuli would be...
A rabbit sees a fox is about to attack
A rabbit is hungry
A rabbit hears a shotgun go off
Do bacteria respond to stimulus
No
Yes
Screaming due to fear is an example of a...
stimulus
response
Bright light is an example of a...
stimulus
response
A driver stops the car, because she sees a red light. What was the stimulus?
The red light
Stopping the car
