Information Processing in Animals

Cats have a strong sense of smell and rely on it for important activities. Which information could the cat receive through smell, causing it to change its behavior?

• The scent of a mouse causing it to hunt.

• The shape of a mouse causing it to hunt.

• The shape of a dog causing it to hunt.

• The scent of a dog causing it to hunt.

Something in the environment that causes a living thing to respond is a________.

• Stimulus

• Perception

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The brain is part of which system?

• circulatory system

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• digestive system

__________ is an action or movement of the body that happens automatically as a reaction to something.

• central nervous system

• spinal cord

• peripheral nerve

• reflex

• brain

_______ is a nerve that is not part of the central nervous system and receives sensory information.

• central nervous system

• spinal cord

• peripheral nerve

• reflex

• brain

_________ is part of the nervous system that is made up of the brain and spinal cord

• central nervous system

• spinal cord

• peripheral nerve

• reflex

• brain

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________ interprets information from the nervous system and controls muscle movement.

• central nervous system

• spinal cord

• peripheral nerve

• reflex

• brain

__________ moves information to and from the brain and peripheral nerves

• central nervous system

• spinal cord

• peripheral nerve

• reflex

• brain

Which is not directly connected to the peripheral nerves?

• skin

• tongue

• brain

• nose