This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 731 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 731 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Juan's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Beth's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Beth's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Juan's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates A) Absolute threshold. B) Difference threshold. C) Sensory adaptation. D) Closure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difference threshold. 2. Controls visual processing and memory of specific objects A) Frontal. B) Parietal. C) Occipital. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occipital. 3. Hearing is controlled by the ..... lobe of the cerebrum. A) Occipital. B) Parietal. C) Frontal. D) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temporal. 4. The opening between the axon tip and the dendrite of another neuron A) Gap. B) Short. C) Conclusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 5. Which division of the motor division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for involuntary movements? A) Paraympathetic Division. B) Central Nervous System. C) Autonomic Nervous System. D) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic Nervous System. 6. I am looking for it A) Fear. B) Burn; burning; heat. C) Sensation, feeling. D) Nerve root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burn; burning; heat. 7. What is meningitis? A) An infection of the heart. B) An infection of the coverings around the brain and spinal cord. C) An infection of the dura mater. D) A sickness of the mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An infection of the coverings around the brain and spinal cord. 8. The two holes at the entrance of the nose are called ..... A) Nasal cavity. B) Nostrils. C) Nasal passage. D) Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nostrils. 9. What do chemoreceptors detect? A) Light waves in the air. B) Sound vibrations in water. C) Molecules in the air and food. D) Temperature changes in the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Molecules in the air and food. 10. ..... coordinates your muscles actions and helps you keep your balance. A) Brain stem. B) Cerebrum. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 11. Around what age is your frontal lobe fully developed? A) 13. B) 5. C) 45. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 12. Lying towards the back and top of the brain; involved in touch sensation and in perceiving spatial relationships A) Parietal Lobe. B) Frontal Lobe. C) Occipital Lobe. D) Temporal Lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parietal Lobe. 13. An action potential is a nerve impulse that can be described as a local ..... of polarity inside a neuron. A) Reversal. B) Increase. C) Elimination. D) Superimposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reversal. 14. The nerves which carry message and send it to the brain. A) Digestive nerves. B) Motor nerves. C) Respiratory nerves. D) Sensory nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory nerves. 15. Because there are more positive ions leaving than coming in the resting potential of a neuron is A) +70 mv. B) -70 mv. C) +55 mv. D) -55mv. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -70 mv. 16. Neurotransmitter produced when "feeling good, " causes addictions A) Serotonin. B) Dopamine. C) Epinephrine. D) Gama-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dopamine. 17. Which one is not one of the parts of the brainstem? A) Pons. B) Medullary. C) Midbrain. D) Medulla oblongata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary. 18. A nerve cell that is specialized to transfer messages in the form of fast moving electrical energy A) Neuron. B) Brain. C) Medulla. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 19. Diencephalon is related to A) Pons. B) Quadrilateral bodies. C) Basal ganglia. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus. 20. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for vision? A) Frontal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Parietal. E) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesNervous System Quiz 1Nervous System Quiz 2Nervous System Quiz 3Nervous System Quiz 4Nervous System Quiz 5Nervous System Quiz 6Nervous System Quiz 7Nervous System Quiz 8Nervous System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books