Sensory Receptors and the Brain

Our brain tells our body how to respond to stimuli by attaching what kind of emotion to the event?

• a positive emotion

• a negative emotion

• a positive or negative emotion

• neither a postive nor negative emotion

True or False:

A receptor receives sensory information and passes it to neurons which transmit the information to the brain.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which lobe of the brain is connected to vision?

• occipital

• temporal

• frontal

• parietal

True or False:

Rods are activated in dim light and allow us to see shapes. Cones sense colors.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which lobe of the brain is connected to hearing?

• occipital

• temporal

• frontal

• parietal

Which section of the ear senses sound once the eardrum begins to vibrate?

• outer ear

• middle ear

• inner ear

• fourth ear

Which lobe of the brain is connected to smell?

• occipital

• temporal

• frontal

• parietal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

True or False:

The olfactory receptors of the nose respond to the chemical structure of molecules in the air we breathe.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which lobe of the brain is connected to touch?

• occipital

• temporal

• frontal

• parietal

Which type of physical stimuli is detected by any layer of our skin?

(choose all that apply)

• pain

• reflexes actions

• sound vibrations

• fine touch

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8