Science Unit 1 Scope 2

How are animals 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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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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Sensory receptors receive information from the environment and information is sent to

• the brain

• the heart

• the ear

• the stomach

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What adaptation would an animal need to allow it to use its sense of smell to find food?

• strong teeth

• special cells in its nose

• special touch sensations

• long beak

How can animals use their senses to warn other animals that are farther away about predators?

• They can make noises

• They can blink rapidly

• They can rub against each other

• They can hide

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How does memory help guide the actions of an animal?

• Animals can avoid actions that have been harmful to it in the past.

• Animals can remember things that have happened long ago.

• Memories will not be passed on from parents to offspring.

• Memories are stored in the brains of most animals.

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Information stored in the brain is called

• specialized

• interactions

• sense receptors

• memories

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Which of our sensory receptors tells us something feels hot?

• in our nose

• in our ears

• in our eyes

• in our skin

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What moves sensory information from the sense receptors to the brain?

• brain

• nerves

• veins

• muscles

Things that detect changes in the organism’s environment -

• memories

• brain

• interactions

• sense receptors

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