WORKSHEET ON NERVOUS SYSTEM FOR CLASS VIII

I. Define the following:

1. Coordination
2. Neuron
3. Synapse
4. Neurotransmitter
5. Nerve
6. Reflex action
7. Reflex arc
8. Natural reflex
9. Conditional reflex
10. Association neuron

II. Differentiate between:

1. Sensory neuron and motor neuron

2. Sensory motor and fixed nerve

3. CNS and PNS

4. Cranial and spinal nerves

5. Voluntary and involuntary actions

6. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves

7. Stimulus and response

8. Receptors and effectors

III. Give reasons:

1. We remove our hand when we touch a hot obiect.

2. Our heartbeat increases when are scared and angry.

3. Elderly people tend to suffer from memory loss.

IV. Classify the following into voluntary action, natural reflex and

conditional reflex:

1. Peristalsis

2. Blinking of eyes

3. Playing a musical instrument

4. Watching a TV programme

5. Sneezing

6. Typing on a keyboard

7. Picking an apple and eating

8. Salivation when hungry

V. Answer the following:

1. I lifted up the plate and discovered it was very hot. I was about to drop it,

but remembered my mother saying the plate was valuable so I exercised

self-control and put it back carefully on the table. What parts of the person’s

sensory and nervous systems were involved at watch state of the above incident?

2. A barefooted boy stepped on a drawing pin and swiftly withdrew his foot.

Outline what was going in his nervous system during this incident.
VI. Draw and label

1. Neuron

2. Brain

3. Reflex arc

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