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English 18 Public

Science unit 2

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- Step 1: Our ______________ tell us what is happening around us. They are part of the ____________ system.

senses, nervous

15

Step 2: The information from the senses travels along the_____________ to the____________.

sensory nerves, brain

20

- Step 3: The brain___________ the information, __________it and decides how to _______.

receives, processes, respond

15

The muscles or glands respond to the message that the brain sends in different ways. Write one example of one response.

Muscles contract to move a part of the body

25

The muscles or glands respond to the message that the brain sends in different ways. Write one example of one response.

sweat glands produce sweat to cool the body down

25

The muscles or glands respond to the message that the brain sends in different ways. Write one example of one response.

salivary glands produce saliva to help digest food

25

Write the name of the sense: you can see with your eyes and detect light.

sight

10

Write the name of the sense: You can feel textures with your skin and also detect temperature and pain

touch

10

Sense: You can detect smells with your nose.

smell

10

You can detect flavors with your mouth.

taste

10

You can detect sound with your ears.

hearing

10

What are the functions of the nervous system?

Our nervous system control all voluntary and involuntary movements. It also coordinates all the activities functions of our body

25

Classify the following as voluntary and involuntary actions: Coughing, food getting digested, moving a table, kicking a ball, breathing ,flying a kite

Coughing (involuntary), food getting digested (involuntary), moving a table (voluntary) kicking a ball (voluntary), breathing (involuntary),flying a kite(vol)

15

Read this sentence and write the correct part of the nervous system: spinal cord, brain or nerves. a) When it gets a signal from a part of your body, it sends a message to react.

brain

15

Read this sentence and write the correct part of the nervous system:spinal cord, brain or nerves. b) They go from the organs, muscles and skin to the spinal cord.

nerves

15

Read this sentence and write the correct part of the nervous system:spinal cord, brain or nerves. c) Some of them receive information when we taste something

nerves

15