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Test revision 29.3 - 29.6

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do your senses help maintain homeostasis?

a)

You rely on your sensory organs to collect information about the world around you.

b)

Once your brain has information from sensory organs, it triggers a response that will maintain homeostasis.

c)

For example your pupils shrink when too much light enters the eyes

d)

For example when you get goose bumps when cold air touches skin

e)

All answers are correct.

2.

A photoreceptor in the eye that detects only light intensity and contributes most to black and white vision.

a)

Rod cell

b)

Cone cell

c)

Mechanoreceptor

d)

Thermoreceptor

e)

Hair cell

3.

Sensory neuron in the eye that detects color.

a)

Rod cell

b)

Cone cell

c)

Hair cell

d)

Receptor

e)

Chemoreceptor

4.

A mechanoreceptor in the inner ear that detect sound waves when bent.

a)

Rod cell

b)

Cone cell

c)

Hair cell

d)

Receptor

e)

Chemoreceptor

5.

A receptor that detect heat or temperature change.

a)

Rod cell

b)

Photoreceptor

c)

Mechanoreceptor

d)

Thermoreceptor

e)

Hair cell

6.

A receptor that detect chemicals dissolved in water.

a)

Chemoreceptor

b)

Photoreceptor

c)

Mechanoreceptor

d)

Thermoreceptor

e)

Hair cell

7.

Label the part of the human eye shown by B.

a)

Cornea

b)

Pupil

c)

Iris

d)

Lens

8.

Label the part of the human eye shown by F.

a)

Optic nerve

b)

Cornea

c)

Iris

d)

Retina

9.

Which part is the bundle of axons that carry the impulses to the brain?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

e)

F

10.

Which part of the human ear is indicated by A?

(a)  

11.

Which part of the human ear is indicated by B?

(a)  

12.

Which part of the human ear is indicated by F?

(a)  

13.

Which part of the human ear is indicated by J?

(a)  

14.

Upper part of the brain that receives sensation and controls movement.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Cerebral cortex

d)

Brain stem

15.

Layer of grey matter on the surface of the cerebrum that receives information and generates responses.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Cerebral cortex

d)

Brain stem

16.

The posterior portion of the brain that coordinates muscle movement and controls subconscious activities and balance.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Cerebral cortex

d)

Brain stem

17.

Structure that connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls breathing and heartbeat.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Cerebral cortex

d)

Brain stem

18.

Nerve pathway in which an impulse crosses only two synapses before producing a response. 

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Reflex arc

c)

Cerebral cortex

d)

Brain stem

19.

The portion of the neural structure that provides nerve connections to the skin, skeleton and muscles of the body, but not to the viscera, blood vessels and glands.

a)

Somatic nervous system

b)

Reflex acr

c)

Autonomic nervous system

d)

Sympathetic nervous system

20.

The part of the nervous system that controls involuntary actions.

a)

Somatic nervous system

b)

Parasympathetic nervous system

c)

Autonomic nervous system

d)

Sympathetic nervous system

21.

Part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for action or stress.

a)

Somatic nervous system

b)

Parasympathetic nervous system

c)

Autonomic nervous system

d)

Sympathetic nervous system

22.

Part of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body and helps the body to conserve energy.

a)

Somatic nervous system

b)

Parasympathetic nervous system

c)

Autonomic nervous system

d)

Sympathetic nervous system

23.

Part of the reflex arc that only transfers or links the receptor to the effector neuron.

a)

Motor neuron

b)

Sensory neuron

c)

Photoneuron

d)

Interneuron

24.

Label the part indicated by A.

a)

Motor neuron

b)

Sensory neuron

c)

Interneuron

d)

Photoneuron

25.

Label the part indicated by B.

a)

Motor neuron

b)

Sensory neuron

c)

Interneuron

d)

Photoneuron

26.

Label the part indicated by C.

a)

Motor neuron

b)

Sensory neuron

c)

Interneuron

d)

Photoneuron

27.

Indicate which is part of the brain stem.

a)

Midbrain

b)

Pons

c)

Medulla oblongata

d)

All answer are correct.

28.

Indicate which is part of the brain.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Brain stem

d)

Sensory neuron

29.

A physiological or psychological dependence on a substance such as alcohol or drugs.

(a)  

30.

The condition in drug addiction in which greater amounts of a drug are needed to achieve the desired affect.

(a)  

31.

A drug that increases the activity of the body or the activity of some part of the body.

(a)  

32.

What were the ways in which we studied the brain, before modern technology?

a)

Disecting a dead brain

b)

Brain injury patients

c)

CT scan

d)

MRI scan

33.

Today scientists and doctors study the brain without surgery, using imaging technologies like:

a)

MRI scans

b)

PET scans

c)

CT scans

d)

All answer are correct

34.

Which imaging technology uses magnetic flieds combined with radio waves to view structures of the brain?

a)

Computer Tomography

b)

Magnetic resonance imaging

c)

Positron emission tomography

d)

All answer are correct.

35.

Which brain illness is associated with too high dopamine levels?

a)

Schizophrenia

b)

Parkinson’s disease

c)

Depression

d)

None of the answer are correct.

36.

Stimulants cause:

a)

more action potentials which make you feel happy, energetic and alert.

b)

less action potentials which make you feel happy, energetic and alert.

c)

more action potentials which make you feel sad, sleepy and tired.

d)

None of the answer are correct.

37.

A substance made in one cell or tissue causing change in another cell or tissue, somewhere else in the body.

a)

Hormone

b)

Gland

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Pituitary gland

38.

Organ that produces and releases chemicals that affect the activity of other tissues.

a)

Hormone

b)

Gland

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Pituitary gland

39.

Region of the brain that coordinates activities of the nervous and endocrine systems and that controls many body activities relates to homeostasis.

a)

Hormone

b)

Gland

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Pituitary gland

40.

Chemicals that stimulate other glands to release their hormones.

a)

Releasing hormones

b)

Gland

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Pituitary gland

41.

Which gland is indicated by A?

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Pituitary

c)

Thyroid

d)

Thymus

e)

Adrenal

42.

Which gland is indicated by B?

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Pituitary

c)

Thyroid

d)

Thymus

e)

Adrenal

43.

Which gland is indicated by C?

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Pituitary

c)

Thyroid

d)

Thymus

e)

Adrenal

44.

Which gland is indicated by D?

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Pituitary

c)

Thyroid

d)

Thymus

e)

Adrenal

45.

Which gland is indicated by E?

a)

Hypothalamus

b)

Pituitary

c)

Thyroid

d)

Thymus

e)

Adrenal