Week 12 6th Grade Sensory Receptors Quiz

What are sensory receptors?

• Parts of the brain that store memories

• Cells that respond to stimuli

• Muscles that move the body

• Glands that produce hormones

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How do sensory receptors send messages to the brain?

• Through blood vessels

• By using electrical signals

• Via the digestive system

• Through muscle contractions

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What is a stimulus?

• A memory stored in the brain

• A change in the environment that causes a response

• A part of the brain

• A type of cell

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Which of the following is NOT a type of sensory receptor?

• Photoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

• Hemoreceptors

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What happens when sensory receptors detect a stimulus?

• They ignore it

• They send a message to the brain

• They store it as a memory

• They change the body's temperature

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Which sensory receptor is responsible for detecting light?

• Mechanoreceptor

• Photoreceptor

• Nociceptor

• Chemoreceptor

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Which part of the brain processes visual information?

• Frontal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

What is the main role of the brain in sensory processing?

• To send signals to sensory receptors

• To store all information permanently

• To process and interpret sensory information

• To change the body's physical appearance

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How are memories formed from sensory information?

• By repeating the information regularly

• By storing it in the spinal cord

• By processing it in the brain

• By ignoring it

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Which of the following is an example of immediate behavior in response to a stimulus?

• Remembering a song

• Running away from a loud noise

• Forgetting a dream

• Storing a phone number

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