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Junior Cert Science

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What are the five senses   Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste and Touch  
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What are the five sense organs   Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue and Skin  
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What is a stimulus   Something that creates a reaction  
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What does the nervous system consist of   Brain and Spinal Cord and nerves form spinal cord  
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What do you call a nerve that carries a message to the brain   Sensory nerve  
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What do you call a nerve that carries a message away from the brain   Motor  
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What do you call a quick action that happens when a message is sent to the spinal cord and a response is sent from there to the muscle and then the brain   Reflex action  
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What is the function of the cornea   To bend the light rays inwards  
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What is the function of the lens   To focus light on the retina  
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What is the function of the ciliary muscle   To contract and relax so to change the shape of the lens during focusing  
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What is the function of the retina   It contains light sensitive cells  
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What is the function of the optic nerve   Carries messages to the brain  
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What is the function of the iris   Its the coloured part that controls the amount of light entering the eye  
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What do you call the dark hole in the eye   Pupil  
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Why does the hole appear black   Because no light is reflected out, it is all absorbed  
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