4.11 Sense Receptors

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

• send information to your brain

• warm your body

• keep you happy

• send information to your heart

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What do sense receptors do?

• send information to your stomach so you will know when you eat good food

• send information to your brain so your body can take in information and respond appropriately

• send information to your muscles so you can look strong

• none of the above

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Animals use their ____________ to gather information.

• senses

• memories

• specialized

• survival

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Which part of the body is the "control center" that receives information from the sensory receptors?

• nerve endings

• brain

• spinal cord

• vertebrae

What do you call specialized sense receptors that respond to heat or cold?

• sense receptors

• thermoreceptors

• hot/cold receptors

• chemoreceptors

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What do you rely on to help you experience the world around you and to keep you safe?

• water

• sunlight

• air

• senses

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We know the basic five senses - taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing. Do animals have other senses?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

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Can animals use heat to hunt?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

_____________ detect changes in an organism's environment.

• specialized

• adaptations

• sense receptors

• senses

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_______________ means to answer or react to something.

• respond

• sense

• specialized

• adapt

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