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What is a thing or event that causes a specific reaction?

• response
• stimulus
• cell
• development

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What is the body system that sends and receives electrical signals from the brain?

• Skeletal System
• Nervous System
• Muscular System
• Digestive System

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Relays sensory impulses to cerebral cortex and involved in memory.

• Thalamus

• Hypothalamus

• Limbic system

• Midbrain

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What is the process of gathering information by using your senses called?

• observation

• inference

• hypothesis

• theory

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The ___________ has tiny hairs that convert sound waves into electrical signals.

• stirrup

• cochlea

• auditory

• pinna

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Our ______ receive messages and send them to the brain. The brain sends messages to our body on how to respond.

• heart

• lungs

• nerves

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# 5 refers to the layer of receptor cells at the back of the eye in which the image is focused

• Retina

• Lens

• Optic Nerve

• Lens

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Which letter on the diagram represents the external stimulus?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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Which of the following would be passed through sensory neurons?

• Kicking a ball

• Your heartbeat

• Smelling dinner cooking

• Digesting food

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Examples of Mechanoreceptors are...

• Touch and pressure

• Taste and smell

• Movement and body position

• Temperature and heat

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