The CNS and PNS

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Science
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9th Grade
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the main function of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?
Communicate information from the body’s organs, glands and muscles to the CNS
Communicate information from the body’s organs, glands and muscles to the CNS and vice versa
Communicate information to the body’s organs, glands and muscles to the CNS
Communication between sensory neurons and motor neurons
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Two subdivisions off the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) are?
The brain and the spinal cord
Sympathetic nervous system and Parasympathetic nervous system
Sensory neurons and Motor neurons
Somatic Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The somatic nervous system is:
Responsible for INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT and relays information from the environment to the CNS and relays information from the environment to the CNS so the brain is able to make decisions about behaviour.
Responsible for INVOLUNTARY muscle stimulation which includes the stimulation of our organs such as heart, digestive tract and glands.
Responsible for VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT and relays information from the environment to the CNS and relays information from the environment to the CNS so the brain is able to make decisions about behaviour.
Responsible for VOLUNTARY muscle stimulation which includes the stimulation of our organs such as heart, digestive tract and glands.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The autonomic nervous system is:
Responsible for INVOLUNTARY muscle stimulation which includes the stimulation of our organs such as heart, digestive tract and glands.
Responsible for VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT and relays information from the environment to the CNS so the brain is able to make decisions about behaviour.
Responsible for VOLUNTARY muscle stimulation which includes the stimulation of our organs such as heart, digestive tract and glands.
Responsible for INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT and relays information from the environment to the CNS so the brain is able to make decisions about behaviour.
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NGSS.HS-LS1-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following parts of the Peripheral Nervous system (PNS) contain the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system?
Somatic
Autonomic
The brain
The spine
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The parasympathetic nervous system:
Is our emergency NS when we perceive that we are in danger or in times of stress. It initiates the fight, flight or freeze response.
Calms us back down and reverts the body back to normal functioning or homeostasis
Is our emergency NS when we perceive that we are in danger or in times of stress and calms us back down and reverts the body back to normal functioning or homeostasis
Calms us back down after it initiates the fight, flight or freeze response.
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Brain and spinal cord are part of your ____ nervous system.
CNS
PNS
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