Sense Receptors Quiz

Which of the following explains how animals are able to sense sounds in their environment?

• Each kind of sound triggers a different cell in the inner ear.

• Receptors pick up the information about sound waves and send it to the brain.

• The ears send signals out into the environment and interpret what comes back.

Different sensory receptors are located in different parts of the body. How might sensory receptors in the eyes differ from those in other parts of the body?

• sensitive to changes in the light.

• able to send information to the muscles.

• faster at processing information.

What adaptation does a mouse have to allow it to use its sense of smell to find food?

• Front paws for holding fruit

• Special cells in its nose

• Strong teeth to crush seeds

How does memory help guide the actions of an animal?

• Animals can avoid actions that have been harmful to it in the past.

• Memories will be passed on from parents to offspring at birth

How does the sense of touch help animals in their environment?

• It helps them to see in the dark.

• It helps them to hear high frequency sounds.

• It helps them to detect changes in temperature and pressure.

What is the role of sensory receptors in the nose?

• detecting light.

• detecting sound waves.

• detecting taste.

• detecting smell.

How does an animal's brain process the information received from sensory receptors?

• It stores the information for later use.

• It processes the information and selects an appropriate response.

• It discards the information if it is not immediately useful

Actions by one thing that have an effect on a different or separate thing are called​ (a)  

• interactions
• memories
• specialized
• senses
• brain
• sense receptors

information stored in the brain is called​ ​ (a)  

• specialized
• senses
• brain
• sense receptors
• interactions
• memories

Match the specialized receptor to the information it gathers

• temperature

• thermoreceptor

• flavor

• chemoreceptor

• electric fields

• nociceptor

• pain

• electroreceptor