Practice Quiz – General and Special Senses

What are the two main types of senses?

• General senses and special senses.

• Primary senses and secondary senses.

• Internal senses and external senses.

• Physical senses and chemical senses.

General senses are widely distributed throughout the body.

• True

• False

Special senses are localized in specific organs such as vision, hearing, taste, smell, and balance.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which type of receptor detects temperature changes?

• Thermoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which type of receptor responds to touch, pressure, and vibration?

• Mechanoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Nociceptors detect _______.

• pain

• light

• sound

• temperature

Which type of receptor detects chemical changes such as taste and smell?

• Chemoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Thermoreceptors

Photoreceptors detect _______.

• light

• sound

• pressure

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Cones detect _______; rods detect light and dark.

• color

• sound

• temperature

• pressure

What controls the size of the pupil in the eye?

• Iris

• Cornea

• Retina

• Lens