Quiz about Sensory Receptor Review

Question 1

The sense of taste detects ________________ stimuli.

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chemical

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mechanical

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electromagnetic

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thermal

Question 2

The sense of smell detects ________________ stimuli.

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chemical

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thermal

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mechanical

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electromagnetic

Question 3

The sense of hearing detects ________________ stimuli.

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mechanical

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electromagnetic

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thermal

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chemical

Question 4

The sense of touch detects ________________ stimuli.

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mechanical

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electromagnetic

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chemical

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pH

Question 5

The sense of sight detects ________________ stimuli.

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electromagnetic

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chemical

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mechanical

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temperature

Question 6

What is the main function of the nervous system?

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Responsible for control of the body and communication among body parts

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Responsible for production of offspring

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Helps to rid the body of toxins, water, and other unwanted materials and transports lymph, a fluid containing infection-fighting white blood cells, throughout the body

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Provides oxygen to the body's cells, while moving carbon dioxide

Question 7

"You feel a mosquito biting your arm". This is because you have ....................... in your skin.

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Mechanoreceptors

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Electromagnetic receptors

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Photoreceptors

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Electroreptors

Question 8

Taste receptors in the gustatory system are...

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Chemoreceptors

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Mechanoreceptors

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Electroreceptors

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Photoreceptors

Question 9

Taste and smell are similar because:

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They both detect chemicals

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They are both located on the face

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They both require conscious effort to detect

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They both bypass the brain

Question 10

Which sense detects pressure and heat

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touch

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sight

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hearing

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taste

Question 11

Why might you feel something touching you on your head quicker than on your foot.

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the message from the foot travels farther to the brain

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The message from the head travels farther to the brain

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The head is less sensitive than the foot

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The foot doesn't send messages to the brain

Question 12

What type of stimuli does smell detect

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chemical

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light

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vibration

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pressure

Question 13

What type of stimulus does taste detect

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chemical

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light

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vibration

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pressure

Question 14

What type of stimuli does hearing detect

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vibration

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light

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pressure

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chemical

Question 15

Anything that causes you to react is called

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stimulus

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sound

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response

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memory

Question 16

Which two senses are directly connected?

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Taste and smell

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Sight and touch

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Smell and sight

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Hearing and taste

Question 17

What are the parts of the nervous system?

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Brain, spine, nerves

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Reflexes, brain, nerves

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Lungs, brain, nerves

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Brain, muscles, nerves

Question 18

Largest organ in the body.

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skin

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brain

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lungs

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nerves

Question 19

What is the purpose / function of the skin?

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all of the choices

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protection

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maintaining body temperature

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excretion (eg. sweat) and sensory reception

Question 20

Your eyes have separate receptors to detect color from white light

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True

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False

Question 21

Why do messages sometime bypass the brain

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To react quicker to a painful sense of touch

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To keep you unaware of something happening

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Because you are sleeping

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To prevent you from overreacting

Question 22

Which part of reaction time requires the most time

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The brain interpreting the message and deciding how to react

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Travel time to the brain

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Travel time from the brain

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none of these

Question 23

Memory is important for which behavior

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learned response

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innate response

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external stimuli

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internal stimuli

Question 24

These help us perceive things in the natural world.  They help us see, hear, smell, taste, and feel.

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Sensory Organs

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Seeing Organs

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Processing Organs

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Five Organs

Question 25

Which of the following stimuli do electromagnetic receptors respond to?

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light

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touch

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heat

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chemicals

Question 26

Your body contains sense receptors that _________________ so your body can take in information and respond appropriately.

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send information to your brain

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warm your body

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keep you happy

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send information to your heart

Question 27

What do sense receptors do?

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Send information to your brain so your body can take in information and respond appropriately.

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Send information to your muscles so you can look strong

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Send information to your stomach so you will know when you eat good food.

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None of the above

Question 28

What is the name of the specialized sense receptors that register sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory flavors?

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chemoreceptor

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tonguereceptor

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saltreceptor

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nociceptor

Question 29

Which image shows a correct pairing of a brain region to its sense organ?

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Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

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D.

Question 30

Which image shows a taste bud?

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Option C is correct

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A.

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B.

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D.

Question 31

Which image shows a mucus membrane and olfactory bulb?

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Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

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D.

Question 32

Which image shows a rods and cones of the retina?

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Option D is correct

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A.

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B.

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C.

Question 33

What observation provides evidence for the claim that, by controlling the size of the pupil, the iris controls the amount of light that reaches the receptors in the eye?

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The pupil becomes larger in dim light and smaller in bright light.

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There are no sensory receptors directly on the pupil at the front of the eye.

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Other animals, such as fish and cats, have a pupil with a very different shape.

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Shining a bright light directly away from the eye causes no change in the pupil.

Question 34

Which of the following statements about reflexes and pain is true?

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Choices a and b are both true.

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A. Reflex signals pass through the spinal cord only, not the brain, and produce a physical response of movement away from the pain.

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B. The perception of pain signal is transmitted to the somatosensory cortex of the brain and does not produce an involuntary physical response.

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C .A reflex response occurs more slowly than the perception of pain.

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