Introduction to Senses

The senses of taste and smell work together

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which thing is used for hearing and balance?

• Nose

• Eyes

• Ears

• Skin

The skin has one type of sensory receptor

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

If there was a power outage in a movie theater and

only a few dim emergency lights were lit, which

cells of the retina would be most important for

seeing your way to the exit?

• Rods

• Cones

• Rods and cones equally

Which represents the correct sequence as sound

waves travel in the ear to trigger an impulse?

• cochlea, incus, stape, eardrum

• tympanum, bones in the middle ear, cochlea,

  hair cells

• auditory canal, tympanum, hair cells, cochlea

• hair cells, auditory canal, cochlea, malleus

With which sense are free nerve endings associated?

• Taste

• Touch

• Hearing

• Sight

Some rides at amusement parks cause a person to

become dizzy when the ride stops. Which struc-

ture in the diagram is most likely involved with

the dizzy feeling?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which part of the eye is made of muscles that respond to stimuli

• 4 - Optical Nerve

• 3 - Retina

• 2 - Lense

• 1 - Iris

If a person cannot see certain colors, what part of the eye might be damaged?

• 4 - Optical Nerve

• 3 - Retina

• 2 - Lense

• 1 - Iris

Taste buds are receptors in the..

• Eye

• Tongue

• Nose

• Ear