Pre-Test: Senses

The first part of the eye that light hits. 

• lens
• cornea
• pupil
• retina

The receptors that sense chemicals

• thermoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• photoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The receptors that sense light

• thermoreceptor

• chemoreceptor

• mechanoreceptor

• photoreceptor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Receptors stimulated by physical forces that cause movement of fluid or vibration within the body are:

• proprioreceptors
• chemoreceptors
• mechanoreceptors
• thermoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Receptors for taste and smell are classified as:

• proprioreptors

• thermoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• mechanorecptors

The ________is the area for hearing.

• malleus

• incus

• stapes

• cochlea

Special structures that detect stimuli

• Receptors

• nerve cells

• brain

• medulla

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Photoreceptors are found in your

• eyes

• ears

• nose

• mouth

• skin

Which type of receptor is NOT found in your skin?

• temperature

• pain

• pressure

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Nerve impulses are carried from the eye to the brain by the

• optic nerve
• transducens nerve
• cornea
• rod and cone cells

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3