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Title: The Nervous System / Stimulus & Response
Objectives: Students will learn the main functions of the nervous system. Students will learn the
major organs of the nervous system. Students will learn how organisms respond to stimuli found
in the body.
Questions
Notes
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM & MAJOR ORGANS
The ______________ _____________ controls all of the activities of the
body.
Major Organs
The major organs of the nervous system are the: the _________________,
_______________ ______________, and nerves.
Neurons are the cells that ___________ _____ the nervous system
THE
FUNCTIONS OF
THE NERVOUS
SYSTEM
The Sense Organs
for the nervous
system
The nervous system receives information from the _____________
through our senses and it controls how the body reacts to that information
The nervous system maintains ________________by coordinating ______
the body systems
The nervous system is the center for ______________ and
_____________
The sensory organs are:
The ______________, the Skin, the Eye, the ________________, and
the Tongue
The Nervous System and Environment
The ___________________ is everything outside the body.
 The sense organs gather information from outside the body, then send
the messages to the brain
STIMULUS & RESPONSE
Stimulus (the cause)
Response (the effect)
What are the two
types of stimuli?
Where does an
internal stimuli
come from?
Give 3 examples of
an internal stimuli
________________ stimuli and ___________________ stimuli
Internal stimulus comes from _____________an __________________.
1.
2.
3.
Where does an
external stimuli
come from?
External stimulus comes from _____________an __________________.
Responses to Stimuli
•
Do plants respond
to stimuli?
Write 3 examples
of stimuli and their
responses:
1.
2.
3.
Summary:
A response (the effect) is how an organism reacts to a stimulus and
changes the behavior