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The Nervous System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the Nervous System?

a)

Controlling movement, balance, and the five senses.

b)

To dispel waste from the body.

c)

Acting as a cushion between bones.

d)

producing hormones that control bodily processes

2.

what is a reflex?

a)

Randomly twitching with no cause

b)

A response to specific sounds

c)

An automatic response to stimuli

d)

A response to an injury

3.

What are nerves made out of

a)

Carbon

b)

Axon

c)

DNA

d)

Cytoplasm

4.

Neurons come in which different types?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Motor

c)

sensory

d)

B and C

5.

The disease cerebral palsy affects neurons in around which part of your body?

a)

Brain

b)

Spine

c)

Muscles

d)

skelaton

6.

Which one of these are in the Central Nervous System?

Select all that apply

a)

Brain

b)

Heart

c)

Spinal Cord

d)

Your Senses

7.

What does your Cerebellum do?

a)

It stores memories and it controls your senses

b)

It coordinates muscle and balance

8.

Complete the steps followed by the Central Nervous System:

Brain receives info, _______ __ __________, and delivers the response.

a)

Reacts to stimulus

b)

Moves a muscle

c)

Releases a neuron

d)

Creates a response

9.

Humans detect their external environment with how many senses?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

117

10.

Two main organs of The Nervous System are the brain and the __________.

a)

stomach

b)

lungs

c)

spinal cord

d)

liver

11.

Light enters the eye through the _______.

a)

retina

b)

lens

c)

iris

d)

cornea

12.

TRUE or FALSE? Your brain is the control center of your entire body.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The Cerebellum is the largest part of your brain

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The nerves outside the brain and the spinal cord make up the _________________.

a)

peripheral nervous system

b)

perennial nervous system

c)

superstitious nervous system

d)

magnificent nervous system

15.

These two systems control functions, including movement, communication, and growth, by working with other systems in the body and help maintain homeostasis

a)

Control and Coordination

b)

Nervous system and Mechanical system

c)

Nervous system and Endocrine system

d)

Nerves and spinal system

16.

This lobe is in charge of making decisions and your personality.

a)

Frontal

b)

Occipital

c)

Parietal

d)

Temporal

17.

_____________ is a group of organs and specialized cells that detect, process, and respond to information.

a)

The nerve system

b)

The Nervous system

c)

Endocrine system

d)

The brain

18.

Actions which are under your control

a)

involuntary

b)

voluntary

c)

brain

d)

vertebrae

19.

The part of a neuron which is often the receptor from our sense organ is the...

a)

Axon

b)

Dendrite

20.

The nerves that coordinate messages from the brain and spine to other parts of the body are part of the

a)

Central Nervous System

b)

Peripheral Nervous System