WorksheetsBiology and Behavior Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A prisoner is violent & hostile, although he wasn’t always this way. His therapist believes the environment the prisoner was raised in brought about his aggressive tendencies. The therapist is viewing that behavior is primarily influenced by.
a)
Brain
b)
Biology
c)
Nurture
d)
Heredity
2.
The main function of the peripheral nervous system is to
a)
Relay Messages between he brain's right & left hemispheres
b)
Transmit Information from Central Nervous System to other Body Parts
c)
Speed up Respiration & Heart Rate
d)
Produce Growth Hormones
3.
The "fight-or-flight" response to a stressful event is activated by the
a)
Thyroid Gland
b)
Hypothalamus
c)
Sympathetic Nervous System
d)
Parasympathetic Nervous System
4.
The pituitary gland is known as the "master gland" because it
a)
Controls which Information Travels between Hemispheres
b)
Is the Largest Gland
c)
Secretes Hormones that affect a wide range of Behaviors
d)
Controls Involuntary Body Functions
5.
Nature is to Nurture as Heredity is to
a)
Evolution
b)
Aggression
c)
Environment
d)
Natural Selection
6.
A Scientist interested in identifying the patterns of brain activity that occur while a patient reads. In Order to do this the scientists is MOST LIKELY to
a)
Make an EEG tracing of the Brain while Reading
b)
Produce a Brain Lesion in the Part Responsible for Reading
c)
Stimulate the Brain with music
d)
Gather information from Brain Damaged Patients
7.
A 1st time runner is learning that a running a marathon can be quite stimulating. The applause from the spectators, sights along the road & the pain in her legs are all experiences brought to her central nervous system by her
a)
Autonomic Nervous System
b)
Brain Stem
c)
Brain
d)
Peripheral Nervous System
8.
Each 5th Grader is supposed to play the role of a part of the body for their school play. One of the children says that she is responsible for respiration, digestion & arousal. You can surmise that she MUST be playing the role of
a)
Spinal Cord
b)
Central Nervous System
c)
Somatic Nervous System
d)
Autonomic Nervous System
9.
In medical school the students are shown a short video of a patient who appears somewhat uncoordinated when he walks. When the professor asks the students what part of the brain has been damages in the individual one student correctly identifies the
a)
Pons
b)
Thalamus
c)
Medulla
d)
Cerebellum
10.
The region of the brain that regulates a wide range of behaviors, from motivation, emotional states & memory to body temperature, blood pressure & blood-sugar level is known as the
a)
Brain Stem
b)
Limbic System
c)
Cerebral Cortex
d)
Hippocampus
11.
A classmate is working on her presentation on the endocrine system for class. You overhear her as she says “This gland is often called the master gland b/c it has an effect on the secretions of all the other endocrine glands” It sounds as though she is talking about the
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Adrenals
c)
Pituitary
d)
Pancreas
12.
The endocrine glands produce hormones that regulate various bodily functions. Which gland-function is MISMATCHED
a)
Thyroid - Metabolism
b)
Parathyroid – Glucose Metabolism
c)
Pituitary – Reactions to Stress
d)
Pituitary – Uterus Contraction
13.
How many pairs of chromosomes are contained in most human cells?
a)
7
b)
10
c)
16
d)
23
e)
31
14.
Which of the following does the endocrine system rely on to communicate?
a)
Action potentials
b)
Hormones
c)
Agonists
d)
Neurotransmitters
15.
The glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream make up the System
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Hormones
c)
Somatic nervous
d)
Endocrine
16.
The peripheral nervous system
a)
connects the brain to the spinal cord.
b)
calms the body after an emergency.
c)
controls only the arms and the legs.
d)
is the part of the nervous system that does not include the brain and the spinal cord.
17.
The subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that regulates body functions such as system respiration and digestion
a)
Autonomic System
b)
Endocrine System
c)
Peripheral Nervous System
d)
Axon terminals
18.
A column of nerves within the spine that transmit messages to and from the brain
a)
Cerbellum
b)
Spinal Cord
c)
Cerebrum
d)
cell body
19.
The central nervous system is comprised of ___
a)
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
b)
organs and glands
c)
somatic and autonomic nervous systems
d)
brain and spinal cord
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