This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 607 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 607 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the gravitropism? A) Response of an organism to seasonal changes in day length. B) Response of the plant to sun. C) Response of the plant to gravity. D) Response of plant to the touching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response of the plant to gravity. 2. Neurons have two major functions:irritability and conductivity A) Nerve impulses. B) Neurilemma. C) Synaptic cleft. D) Choroid plexus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve impulses. 3. Which one is a function of the frontal lobe? A) Memory. B) Sense of touch. C) Vision. D) Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotions. 4. Releases epinephrine to target organs A) Sympathetic nervous system. B) Parasympathetic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic nervous system. 5. Our tongues can detect how many tastes A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 6. Chemicals released at the end of an axon terminal that diffuse across the synapse and transfer the nerve impulse to another nerve, muscle, or gland A) Neurotransmitters. B) Neurons. C) Conclusion. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 7. The myelin sheath (part that covers a neuron) is responsible for A) Slowing down signals. B) Protecting the neuron and making signal travel faster. C) Fueling cell body. D) Carrying impulsees to other neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protecting the neuron and making signal travel faster. 8. The path light takes through the eye ..... A) Cornea, Retina, Optic Nerve, Iris, Pupil, Lens. B) Cornea, Iris, Optic Nerve, Pupil, Lens, Retina. C) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Optic Nerve, Retina. D) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Optic Nerve,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cornea, Iris, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Optic Nerve,. 9. Which hemisphere controls tasks such as:logic, science and math A) The Right Hemisphere. B) The Left Hemisphere. C) The Brain Stem. D) The Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Left Hemisphere. 10. When your sympathetic nervous system is very active, which of the following would happen? A) Heart rate decreases. B) Sweat increases. C) Immune system response increases. D) Digestion increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sweat increases. 11. Pulling your hand away from something hot is part of: ..... A) Acquired reflexes. B) Inborn reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inborn reflexes. 12. Those reflex actions which involve brain are called: A) Stimulus. B) Cerebral reflexes. C) Spinal reflexes. D) Reflex arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebral reflexes. 13. What is the study of the brain and nervous system? A) Nervology. B) Neuroscience. C) Brainiology. D) Cardiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neuroscience. 14. When a nerve impulse arrives at the axon terminal of the neuron, it triggers the release of molecules called ..... These molecules diffuse across the synapse and bind to receptors on the next cell. A) Neurotransmitters. B) Stimuli. C) Neurons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters. 15. Reaction time is ..... than reflex time. A) Faster. B) Slower. C) Same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slower. 16. Which of the following is NOT a function of the neurons? A) Sending information. B) Processing information. C) Regulating blood pressure. D) Receiving information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regulating blood pressure. 17. Elevated ridges of tissue in the brain A) Gyrus. B) Sulcus. C) Fissure. D) Cerebrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gyrus. 18. The sodium-potassium pump creates A) Magnetic energy. B) Electrical energy. C) Light energy. D) Sound energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical energy. 19. Forms cerebrospinal fluid A) Hypothalamus. B) Epithelium. C) Thalamus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithelium. 20. The general region of the brain responsible for quickly processing sensory information and responding with visual and auditory reflexes: A) Midbrain. B) Cerebrum. C) Diencephalon. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Midbrain. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Nervous System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books