Information Processing

What type of sensory receptor detects light?

• electromagnetic

• mechanical

• chemical

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A squirrel buries acorns for winter. How does he find them again?

• immediate response

• learned behavior

• innate behavior

• stored memory

What type of sensory receptor detects movement and touch?

• electromagnetic

• mechanical

• chemical

An impulse traveling through your nervous system is most similar to...

• electricity through a telephone wire

• noise through air

• a truck on the highway

• a feather floating on the breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Which of the following describes how a newborn dolphin knows how to swim at birth?

• memory

• learned behavior

• innate behavior

• misbehavior

A dog responding to heat by panting is an example of...

• negative feedback

• neutral feedback

• positive feedback

Which of the following happens first?

• sensory receptor detects heat

• response/reflex

• sensory neuron sends message to brain and back

• stimulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What type of sensory receptor detects smell and taste?

• mechanical

• electromagnetic

• chemical

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Practicing to read over and over until you can is...

• misbehavior

• innate behavior

• learned behavior