Nervous Quiz

What is the function of the nervous system?

• The motor neuron

• To sensory neuron

• To carry messages throughout the body in order to respond to a stimulus

• The classroom

How does the body make decisions to move objects? Explain the pathway

• Stimulus - sensory neuron - spinal cord - brain - spinal cord- motor neuron - response

• Skipped the spinal cord

• Brain - spinal cord - brain

• Stimulus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is a reflex action?

What step is missing in a reflex action?

• Stimulus

• Brain

• Sensory neuron

• motor neuron

What is not involved in a reflex action?

• Spinal cord

• Response

• Sensory neuron

• The brain

What are the main parts of the nervous system?

• CNA PBA

• CNS PNS ANS

• motor neuron

• CNS ANA

Why is the body not able to do some things fast enough?

• Because the body has to go through all the different steps in order to carry out a response

• The brain

• Mouth

• Spinal cord

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Why does the body sometimes go through a reflex action?

• To carry messages

• To respond to stimulus

• In order to act fast enough to protect the body from danger

• To move

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

How do you think this knee-jerk response was able to occur so quickly and without the person thinking about it?

• It was strong

• The process was shorter because it skipped two steps

• The brain acted fast

• Response

What are the two parts of the CNS?

• Brain and Spinal cord

• mouth

• Stimulus

• eye