Anna Staebler
Abigail Cherry
Nervous System Webquest
Use the link below to fill in the blanks and answer the following questions.
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio105/nervous.htm
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The nervous system consists of two types of cells. Nerve cells are called
_________ Various support cells are associated with the neurons, most
typically, ___________ The parts of a neuron include the ________ which
receives the impulse (from another nerve cell or from a sensory organ), the
_________ (numbers of which side-by-side form gray matter) where the
_________ is found, and the ______ which carries the impulse away from the
cell.
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What are sensory neurons? ____________________________
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What are motor neurons? ___________________________
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What is a synapse? ______________________________
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What are receptors and what do they do?
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Click the link below to watch a video on the Nervous System and answer the questions
that follow.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/_bfs_NSmoviesource.html
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What does the Nervous System control? _________________
Give three examples from the video of what the Nervous System controls.
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What parts is the Nervous System made of?
_______________________________________________
Why is it called The Nervous System?
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How many pounds does an average brain weigh?
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What is the job of the Spinal Cord?
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Use the following website to play an interactive game. Click on Probe the Brain Activity.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/brain/#
12. How many body parts do the section of the brain included control?
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Go to:
http://www.funderstanding.com/content/right-brain-vs-left-brain
13. What does it mean to be right-brained or left-brained?
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14. What 5 characteristics do left brained people have?
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15. What 5 characteristics do right brained people have?
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Go to: http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np\
=152&id=2612
16. What is the Central Nervous System? ___________________________________
17. What is the Peripheral Nervous System?_________________________________
18. The nervous system is the highway along which your _______sends and receives
information about what is happening in the ________ and around it. This highway
is made up of billions of______ _____, or neurons (say new-rons) which join
together to make_______.
Play this game and test what you have learned about the nervous system.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/flash/million.html