STEMScopes Sensors and Receptors

A ________________ is information stored in the brain.

• Memory

• Perception

• Senses

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________________ are different ways we observe things, including sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing

• Memory

• Perception

• Senses

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________________ is when one individual is aware through the use of their senses.

• Memory

• Perception

• Senses

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True or False. Sense receptors are when things detect changes in an organism’s environment.

• True

• False

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True or False. To respond is to neglect or ignore something.

• True

• False

What is the role of sense receptors?

• Sense receptors help animals detect changes in their environments. They send information to the brain and help the animal respond.

• Snakes have thermal receptors that can pick up heat from other animals. They use this sense to hunt.

• Venus flytraps use their tiny hairs to sense when a bug is near. The tiny hairs help them trap the bug and eat it.

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Which of the following explains how animals are able to sense sounds in their environment?

• Each kind of sound triggers a different cell in the inner ear.

• Sound waves enter the brain through openings in the skull.

• Receptors pick up the information about sound waves and send it to the brain.

• The ears send signals out into the environment and interpret what comes back.

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Different sensory receptors are located in different parts of the body. How might sensory receptors in the eyes differ from those in other parts of the body? Sense receptors in the eyes need to be -

• larger than other kinds of receptors.

• sensitive to changes in the light.

• able to send information to the muscles.

• faster at processing information.

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This diagram shows the process the body uses to respond to information received through the senses. Which of the following best describes the missing step 2?

• Information stored for later use

• Information sent to the brain

• Body systems respond to information

• Receptors respond to the information

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What adaptation does a mouse have to allow it to use its sense of smell to find food?

• Front paws for holding fruit

• Special cells in its nose

• Feeding mostly at night

• Strong teeth to crush seeds