PD Science 2/9

A tiny branch of a nerve cell that gathers information.

• Nerve Cell

• Nerve Ending

• Senses

• Stimulus

The ability to taste, touch, smell, hear, and see.

• Senses

• Stimulus

• Sense Organ

• Nervous System

A thick bundle of nerves that connects the brain and nerves throughout the body.

• Spinal Cord

• Sense

• Stimulus

• Nervous System

The organ that acts as the main control center of the body.

• Senses

• Nervous System

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

Something that prompts a change in an organism's behavior.

• Stimulus

• Senses

• Nervous System

• Sense Organ

The system of the body that carries information throughout the body.

• Sense Organ

• Nervous System

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

Facts or data that can be interpreted by the brain.

• Information

• Senses

• Stimulus

A cell that gathers and carries information by the brain.

• Nerve ending

• Spinal Cord

• Nerve Cell

• Stimulus

A body part that has special nerve cells that gather information about the surroundings.

• Sense Organ

• Nervous System

• Spinal Cord

• Nerve Cell

Which of the following is NOT a way that animals use their senses to hunt for food?

• A shark's ability to smell blood

• A bat's echolocation

• A rabbit's great hearing

• A spider's ability to feel vibrations on a web.