Quiz about Sensory Receptors

Question 1

Chemoreceptors are specialized receptors that process...

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chemicals

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light

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touch

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pressure

Question 2

The specialized sensory receptor that detects light is

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photoreceptor

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mechanoreceptor

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chemoreceptor

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thermoreceptor

Question 3

Mechanoreceptors detect all EXCEPT

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taste

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touch

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pressure

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muscles movement

Question 4

The specialized sensory receptor that detects the body's internal and external temperature is

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thermoreceptor

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photoreceptor

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mechanoreceptor

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chemoreceptor

Question 5

All parts of the sensory system use..

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receptors

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feet

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eyelashes

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popcorn

Question 6

Chemoreceptors detect

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tastes and odor

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muscle movement and touch

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tastes and sound

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sound and odor

Question 7

Which of the following IS a sense organ?

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Eyes

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Hair

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Toe

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Elbow

Question 8

Which of the following IS a sense organ?

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Ears

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Heart

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Lungs

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Intestines

Question 9

Which of the following IS a sense organ?

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Tongue

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Eyebrow

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Toenail

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Kidney

Question 10

What are the two ways sensory receptors respond to stimuli?

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Responds with an immediate reaction and a memory is stored

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An immediate AND delayed action.

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Skip immediate reaction and respond with a secondary action

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Input is received without a response

Question 11

You can feel the heat of a hot stove because specialized nerve cells in the skin relay information to your...

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brain

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eyes

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finger

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hand

Question 12

Receptors in your hand detect the heat and send signals to the spinal cord. You feel pain.

Choose the correct order of events for the picture.

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Receptors in your hand detect the heat and send signals to the spinal cord. Nerve signals travel from your spinal cord to your arm muscles and you pull your hand away. Nerve signals travel from the spinal cord to the brain. You feel pain.

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Nerve signals travel from your spinal cord to your arm muscles and you pull your hand away. Nerve signals travel from the spinal cord to the brain.

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Receptors in your hand detect the heat and send signals to the spinal cord. Nerve signals travel from your spinal cord to your arm muscles. Nerve signals travel from the spinal cord to the brain. You feel pain and you pull your hand away

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Receptors in your hand detect the heat and send signals to the spinal cord. Nerve signals travel from the spinal cord to the brain. Nerve signals travel from your spinal cord to your arm muscles. You feel pain and you pull your hand away

Sensory Receptors

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