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Grade 8 · Biology

Biology quiz for grade 8: The nervous system and senses

This quiz helps revise “The nervous system and senses” in Biology for grade 8. It has 25 questions in five categories: System map, Brain control, Neuron signals, Vision, Other senses. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 13–14
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: The nervous system and senses

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

System map

  1. 100

    What is the anatomical division made up of the brain and spinal cord?

  2. 200

    What anatomical division links the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body?

  3. 300

    Which division controls skeletal…

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  4. 400

    Which division involuntarily controls…

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  5. 500

    Which autonomic division slows…

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Brain control

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which structure is especially important for coordinating movement and balance?

  2. 200

    Which part of the cerebral cortex mainly processes visual information?

  3. 300

    Which part of the…

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  4. 400

    Which brain structure helps…

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  5. 500

    Which lower brainstem region…

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Neuron signals

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which branched neuron processes mainly receive signals from other cells?

  2. 200

    Which long neuron process carries a nerve signal away from the cell body?

  3. 300

    Which insulating material around…

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  4. 400

    What chemical messenger carries…

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  5. 500

    Which cell type often…

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Vision

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What opening in the center of the iris lets light enter the eye?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye converts light into electrical signals?

  3. 300

    Which photoreceptors work best…

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  4. 400

    Why does the optic…

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  5. 500

    What process changes the…

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Other senses

  1. 100

    Which thin membrane starts vibrating when sound waves reach it?

  2. 200

    In which spiral inner-ear structure do hair cells turn vibrations into nerve signals?

  3. 300

    Which inner-ear structures detect…

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  4. 400

    Which tongue structures contain…

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  5. 500

    What sensory-cell class detects…

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