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Beaconhouse School System

REVISION WORKSHEET
1: Encircle the correct option.

I. The neurons which decide about the action for a certain stimulus:
a. sensory neuron
b. motor neuron
c. inter-neuron
d. all of a, b, c
II. The parts of a neuron which receive messages are:
a. cell bodies
b. dendrites
c. axons
d. nuclei
III. Heartbeat is controlled by:
a. cerebrum
b. cerebellum
c. medulla oblongata
d. hypothalamus
III. Sensory neurons carry messages towards:
a. muscles
b. muscles and glands
c. sense organs
d. brain and spinal cord
IV. When you have a toothache, you feel pain because:
a. there is a cavity in your tooth
b. tiny bits of food are left between your teeth
c. bacteria digest the food left between your teeth and produce an acid
d. the cavity reaches the nerves and the nerves send a message to the brain

V. The diagram shows


a simple reflex arc. Circle the
correct sequence through
which the nerve impulse
passes.

VI.
2. Some of the things that happen in your brain are voluntary and some are
involuntary.
a Describe the difference between a voluntary and an involuntary reaction.
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b List two things that happen in your body that are involuntary.
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c List two things that happen in your body that are voluntary.
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d. The two hemispheres in your brain control different sides of your body and different
intellectual abilities. Which of these abilities are controlled by your left hemisphere?
Circle the correct letters.
A. The left side of your body
B. Intuition
C. Logic
D. The right side of your body

3. Label the diagram


Diagram 1 shows the neurons and parts of the body involved in a response to touching a
hot object.

Diagram 1

A neuron is a nerve cell. Neurons carry impulses around the body.

(i) Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete each sentence.

motor neuron.
Neuron A is a relay neuron.
sensory neuron.

an effector.
At point Y there is a tiny gap between two neurons called a receptor.
a synapse.

(ii) The hand touches a hot object. An impulse travels through the nervous system to
the muscle (point X). The muscle moves the hand away from the hot object. What
does the muscle do to move the hand away from the hot object?

Tick ( ) one box.


contract

relax

stretch

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