Sensory Receptors Unit Exam

Your body contains ​ (a)   that send ​ (b)   to your ​ (c)   so your body can take in information and ​ (d)   appropriately.

• sensory receptors
• information
• brain
• respond

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Match the following

• Mechanoreceptor

  and Thermoreceptor

• 
• Photoreceptor

• 
• Proprioceptor

• 
• Nociceptor

• 
• Chemoreceptor

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Match the following

• Chemoreceptor respond to...

• 
• Nociceptor respond to...

• 
• Thermoreceptor respond to...

• 
• Photoreceptor respond to...

• 
• Mechanoreceptor respond to...

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Mechanoreceptors of the ears respond to _____________________.

• The vibrations of sound waves
• The wavelengths of light waves
• The detection of molecules in the air
• The vibrations of light waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The sensory receptors of the eyes.

• Chemoreceptors
• Photoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Nocireceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Messages from the eyes are sent to the brain through the ________ ________ where the information is processed and made sense of.

• Optic Nerve
• Auditory Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Somatic Nerve

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The specialized nerve cells that are designed to respond to chemical stimuli such as when tasting and smelling.

• Photoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Thermoreceptors
• Chemoreceptors

In skin, the sense of touch and pressure is detected by _______________________.

• Photoreceptors
• Thermoreceptors
• Nocireceptors
• Mechanoreceptors

In skin, the sense of temperature is detected by _______________________.

• Thermoreceptors
• Chemoreceptors
• Nocireceptors
• Mechanoreceptors

In skin, the sense of pain is detected by _______________________.

• Thermoreceptors
• Mechanoreceptors
• Nocireceptors
• Chemoreceptors