Animal Senses and Behavior Review

What is sensory input?

• The information that the senses gather from the outside world

• The parts of an animal's body that enable them to receive sensory input

• The special parts of sense organs that detect signals

• The body system that allows us to move, feel, and think

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Which of the following is a sense organ?

• The brain

• The spinal cord

• The ear

• The taste buds on the tongue

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What are sensory receptors?

• The information that the senses gather from the outside world

• The parts of an animal's body that enable them to receive sensory input

• The special parts of sense organs that detect signals

• The body system that allows us to move, feel, and think

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Which taste can the taste buds on the tongue detect? Select all that apply.

• Sour

• Salty

• Bitter

• Sweet

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Which is an example of sensory input?

• A lion making a sound as it approaches a heard of impalas.

• A dog listening.

• A spider spinning a web.

• A bear eating red berries and not green.

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What is the function of the brain?

• To gather sensory input

• To process information from sensory receptors

• To enable us to move, feel, and think

• To detect signals like light, sound, taste, smell, and touch

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A bear eats red and green berries. The red berries are sweet and taste good. The green berries taste bitter and he spits them out. How will the bear know what to eat next time?

• He will use his memory to know the green is bitter and the red is sweet.

• He will try both berries again.

• He will not eat berries again.

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What is an example of sensory receptor?

• The squirrel gathering nuts.

• A monkey avoiding poisonous berries.

• The impala hears the lion's sound when the hairs in its ears vibrate.

• A hawk watching for small movements.

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The _____ is part of the nervous system.

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The nervous system allows us to ____, ____, and ____. (select all that apply)

• move

• feel

• remember

• think

• see

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