Animal Senses Vocabulary

an organ that acts as the control center of the body

• brain

• lungs

• heart

• kidney

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the body system that allows us to move, feel and think

• nervous system

• sense organs

• brain

• instinct

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

• sense organs

• stimulus

• memory

• nervous system

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the special parts of sense organs that detect signals like light, sound, taste, smell, and touch

• sensory receptors

• stimulus

• perceive

• memory

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the information that the senses gather from the outside world.

• sensory input

• stimulus

• nervous system

• brain

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something that changes in the enviornment that causes an organism to respond

• stimulus

• perceive

• memory

• instinct

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to become aware of, know, or identify by using your senses

• stimulus

• perceive

• memory

• instinct

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the process of storing experiences in the brain and recalling them later

• memory

• instinct

• perceive

• brain

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something you don't need to learn. It happens naturally, without you even thinking about it.

• perceive

• instinct

• memory

• brain

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