Vital Signs
What is the most accurate way to take someone's temperature?
Inside of the body
What is the "educated guess" called that you make at the beginning of an experiment?
Hypothesis
What are the two types of Eukaryotic cells?
Plant and animal
What are the two divisions of the nervous system?
Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
What is the long arm of a neuron called?
Axon
If I am staring at someone's rise and fall of their chest, what vital sign am I measuring?
Respiratory Rate
What is the variable called that you measure in an experiment?
In a Eukaryotic cell, what part of the cell holds the DNA?
Nucleus
Name the two parts of the CNS.
Brain, spinal cord
What is the gap between two neurons called?
Synapse
What 3 vital signs would increase after running a marathon?
Pulse, Respiratory Rate, Blood Pressure
What is the variable called that you change in an experiment?
Independent variable
What organelle in the cell makes energy?
Mitochondria
Susie puts her hand on a hot stove. She very quickly removes her hand when she feels the heat. Where did the heat signal travel to?
Spinal cord
What are the "spider-like" arms branching off the neurons called?
Dendrites
Which vital sign is when the heart pumps and the arteries expand and contract as blood is pushed through?
The pulse
What is the part of the experiment called where you change nothing?
Control
What special organelle do plants have to create energy from sunlight?
Chloroplast
What type of neurons are found in the PNS?
Sensory neurons
If a neuron is extremely slow at transmitting signals, what part might be damaged?
Myelin sheath
What is typically the "normal" blood pressure
120/80
What are the three components you need in an experiment?
Control, independent variable, dependent variable
Prokaryotic cells are most commonly...
bacteria
What type of neurons are found in the CNS?
What are the chemical signals called that transfer from neuron to neuron?
Neurotransmitters