Brain, nerves and senses
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The brain and spinal cord together make up which part of the nervous system?
- APeripheral nervous system
- BCirculatory system
- CCentral nervous system
- DDigestive system
- 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The spinal cord runs down your back, protected inside which part of the skeleton?
- ABackbone
- BRibcage
- CSkull
- DPelvis
- 3Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What do nerves carry between the brain and the rest of the body?
- ABlood
- BOxygen
- CDigested food
- DElectrical signals
- 4Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What are nerve cells called?
- APlatelets
- BNeurons
- CVilli
- DAlveoli
- 5True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The left side of the brain mainly controls the left side of the body.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Pulling your hand away from something hot, as in the picture, happens before you even think about it. What is this called?

- AA habit
- BA reflex action
- CA memory
- DA voluntary action
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which is the largest part of the brain, used for thinking, memory, language and the senses?
- ACerebellum
- BCerebrum
- CBrain stem
- DSpinal cord
- 8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which part of the brain helps the gymnast in the picture to keep their balance and make smooth, coordinated movements?

- ACerebrum
- BBrain stem
- CSpinal cord
- DCerebellum
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which part of the brain controls automatic actions such as breathing and heartbeat?
- ACerebrum
- BCerebellum
- COptic nerve
- DBrain stem
- 10True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The skin is the largest organ of the human body.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 11Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the coloured ring around the black centre of the eye in the picture called?

- AIris
- BPupil
- CRetina
- DCornea
- 12Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What happens to the pupils of your eyes when you walk into bright sunlight?
- AThey get bigger
- BThey get smaller
- CThey change colour
- DThey stay exactly the same
- 13Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which layer at the back of the eye contains light-sensitive cells?
- AIris
- BCornea
- CRetina
- DLens
- 14Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which clear part of the eye changes shape to focus light onto the retina?
- APupil
- BIris
- COptic nerve
- DLens
- 15Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which nerve carries signals from the eye to the brain?
- ASpinal cord
- BAuditory nerve
- COptic nerve
- DSciatic nerve
- 16Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Sound waves travel into the ear shown in the picture. Which thin membrane do they hit and make vibrate?

- ACochlea
- BEar lobe
- CEardrum
- DEar canal
- 17Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which snail-shaped part of the inner ear turns vibrations into nerve signals?
- ACochlea
- BEardrum
- CEar canal
- DEar lobe
- 18True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Sleep helps the brain to store and organise memories of what you learned during the day.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 19Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The brain is protected by the skull. Why should cyclists, like the one in the picture, also wear a helmet?

- ATo protect the brain in a fall
- BTo help them ride faster
- CTo keep the sun out of their eyes
- DTo help them hear traffic
- 20True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Nerves only carry signals in one direction: from the brain out to the body.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
