Sense Organs

These help us perceive things in the natural world.  They help us see, hear, smell, taste, and feel.

• Seeing Organs
• Sensory Organs
• Processing Organs
• Five Organs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The eyes detect visible light that reflects off objects in the natural world.  The eyes send information to the brain which produces an image of the objects we see.

• Smell
• Vision
• Hearing
• Taste

Sound waves cause structures in the ear to vibrate.  The ears send information about the vibrations to the brain which allows us to hear sound.

• Hearing
• Smell
• Touch
• Taste

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The tongue detects flavors of a substance and sends information to the brain about the flavor of the substance.

• Hearing
• Touch
• Smell
• Taste

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The nose contains receptors that detect and bind odor molecules released by the natural world and sends information to the brain about the odor.

• Vision
• Taste
• Smell
• Touch

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Sense receptors in the skin have the ability to feel pressure, vibrations, temperature, and texture.  The receptors send information about the way the object feels to the brain.

• Touch
• Hearing
• Smell
• Vision

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Another name for olfaction

• Taste
• Smell
• Touch
• Hearing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Another name for somatosensory

• Taste
• Smell
• Touch
• Vision

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Round/dark center of the eye.  It opens and closes to control the amount of light that enters the eye.

• Anterior Chamber
• Pupil
• Iris
• Cornea

Colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil.  It acts like a diaphragm that opens and closes the pupil.

• Anterior Chamber
• Pupil
• Iris
• Lens