Name:_____________________

Sensory System PreTest

Please answer the following questions the best that you can. If you do not know an
answer, do your best to make an educated guess.

1. What are the five human senses? ​(List as many as you can)

(Circle the letter that fits best with questions 1 and 2)

1. What is a nervous system?
A. System in our bodies that helps us break down our food.
B. System in our bodies that takes a stimulus, sends it to our brain, and then tells our
bodies how to react.
C. System that helps blood flow.
D. System whose purpose is to make us feel nervous.

2. What parts of our bodies make up the nervous system?

A. Heart, lungs and brain.
B. Skin, heart and spine.
C. Hands, legs and fingers.
D. Brain, spine and nerves.

3. What is one thing you already know about the nervous system?

4. What is one question about ​OR ​one thing you want to know about the nervous
system?

5. True or False: A​ learned ​behavior is a behavior that we were born knowing how to do.

6. Circle the type of behavior that is being described.

A. Innate ​or ​Behavioral​: A dog’s heart beating.

B. Innate​ of ​Behavioral​: Mrs. Westrate doing a cartwheel.