Sensory Receptors

Photoreceptors respond to

• pain

• taste and smell

• temperature

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Mechanoreceptors respond to

• physical forces (touch, hearing, pressure)

• light

• pain

• body position

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Thermoreceptors respond to

• physical forces

• body position

• temperature

• taste and smell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Chemoreceptors respond to

• light

• pain

• temperature

• chemicals in taste and smell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

an action or condition that provokes a response

• stimulus

• sensory receptor

• behavior

• nerve cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

a nerve ending that sends signals to the central nervous system when it is stimulated

• stimulus

• sensory receptor

• brain

• nerve cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

a cell specialized for transmitting fast electrochemical signals

• brain

• stimulus

• nerve cell

• behavior

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

signals that enter the body through physical touch or vibration

• mechanical input

• electromagnetic input

• chemical input

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

signals that enter the body in the form of electromagnetic stimuli

• chemical input

• mechanical input

• electromagnetic input

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

a chemical that enters the body

• electromagnetic input

• chemical input

• mechanical input

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-PS1-2