key terms
central nervous system
Neurons/Peripheral Nervous System
What the Nervous System Does in Animals
Why the Nervous System is Important in Animals
100
what is the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary functions such as breathing and heartbeat.
What is Autonomic Nervous System
100
What do you get if you mix rain and brains?
what is a Brain storm
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100
BONUS POINTS
1) These neurons carry signals from the senses (like smell, sight, and touch) to the brain.
2) These neurons send messages from the brain to muscles, allowing animals to move.
1) SENSORY NEURONS
2) MOTOR NEURONS
100
TRUE OR FALSE
The nervous system helps animals survive by:
Controlling breathing, digestion, and heartbeat.
TRUE
100
The nervous system allows animals to interact with the world, find food, escape from predators, and survive in their habitats.
true
200
what is also called nerve cells, are the primary communication cells that send messages from the brain all over the body.
What is the Neuron
200
Connects the brain to the rest of the body. It sends signals to and from the brain.
what is the SPINAL CORD
200
small cells that send messages through the nervous system.
What is NEURONS
200
TRUE OR FALSE
The nervous system helps animals survive by:
Helping animals react slowly to danger, like running away from a predator.
FALSE
200
What do neuroscientists take for bad breath?
experi-MINTS
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300
what is an automatic response to a stimulus that does not receive or need conscious thought as it occurs through a reflex arc. Reflex arcs act on an impulse before that impulse reaches the brain
What is Reflex
300
is the main control center in most animals. It helps animals respond to their environment, remember things, and control their body
what is the BRAIN
300
this part of the nervous system controls things animals don’t have to think about, like their heartbeat, breathing, and digestion.
Autonomic Nervous System
300
TRUE OR FALSE
The nervous system helps animals survive by:
Allowing animals to find food, move, and respond to changes in their environment.
TRUE
300
Injuries to the nervous system can be very harmful, showing how important it is. For example, if an animal’s spinal cord is injured, it may not be able to move or respond to its environment properly.
this is True
400
Are Neurons all over the body?
Yes
400
brain and spinal cord is part of the ...
what is Central Nervous System
400
nerves spread out from the spinal cord and connect the ___ to the rest of the body, like the legs, wings, or tail. They help animals feel things and move.
Fill in the blank
CNS
400
Why didn’t the brain want to take a bath?
It didn’t want to be brainwashed.
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400
what do you call two neurons in jail
cellmates
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500
WHY DOES THE BRAIN GO TO THE GYM
to get some mental exercise
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500
CNS stands for...
what is Central Nervous System
500
what does PNS stand for
what is Peripheral Nervous system
500
The nervous system does not help animals survive
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
( the nervous system does help animals survive
500
every animal has a nervous system
false a sea sponge does not have a nervous system