Activity 2.1 Quiz

Think about the three scenarios you just read and create your own scenario that describes an environmental stimulus or input that your body might receive and how it would react.

• Sight of a sunset

• Soft feel of a teddy bear

• Smell of fresh popcorn

• The sour taste of lemon

Describe the types of input the peripheral nervous system receives in each of the three scenarios we talked about in activity 2.1.

• In Ethan's scenario, touch was the input

• In Lindsey's scenario, her sense of sight was the input

• In Renzo's scenario, his sense of hearing was the input

• In Athena's example scenario, sense of touch was the input

How do our bodies collect stimuli as input, and what part of the nervous system is responsible for that process?

• Inner nervous system using our 5 senses

• Inner Nervous System using our 4 senses

• Peripheral Nervous System using our 5 senses

• Peripheral Nervous System using our 4 senses

Which of the following is the correct order that the entire nervous system allows our bodies to interact with our world? (Nervous System Pathway)

• 1. Peripheral nervous system > Sensory Neuron > Central Nervous System > Motor Neuron

• Motor Neuron > Sensory Neuron > Central Nervous System > Peripheral nervous system

• 1. Motor Neuron > Peripheral nervous system > Sensory Neuron > Central Nervous System

• 1. Sensory Neuron > Central Nervous System > Motor Neuron Peripheral nervous system

How do you think a problem with the sensory or motor neurons might affect your body?

• Breakdown in communication between various parts of the body and the brain can impact how the body functions.

• Sensory and motor neurons do not affect your body.

• What's a sensory neuron?

• What's a motor neuron?

What parts make up the Central Nervous System?

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

• Brain & Spinal Cord

• Nerves

What parts make up the peripheral nervous system?

• Brains

• Spina cords

• Brains & Spinal cords

• Nerves

It is hot outside. You start sweating. In this case, the hot weather is the...

• stimulus
• response
• cause and effect
• responder

What are motor neurons?

• Cells in the brain and spinal cord that allow us to move, speak, swallow and breathe by sending commands from the brain to the muscles that carry out these functions.

• The nerve cells that are activated by sensory input from the environment.

What are sensory neurons?

• The nerve cells that are activated by sensory input from the environment.

• Cells in the brain and spinal cord that allow us to move, speak, swallow and breathe by sending commands from the brain to the muscles that carry out these functions.