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Sense Receptors

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What do you call specialized sense receptors that respond to heat or cold?
a)
Sense receptors
b)
Thermoreceptors
c)
Hotcoldceptors
d)
chemoceptors
2.
What is the name of the specialized sense receptors that detect an electrical field?
a)
electroreceptors
b)
chemoreceptors
c)
hearoreceptors
d)
nociceptors
3.
What is the name of the specialized sense receptors that register sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory flavors?
a)
chemoreceptor
b)
tonguereceptor
c)
saltreceptor
d)
nociceptor
4.
What do you call specialized sense receptors that signal the body about danger with pain?
a)
painreceptor
b)
tasteceptor
c)
nociceptor
d)
electroreceptor
5.
Your body contains sense receptors that _________________ so your body can take in information and respond appropriately.
a)
send information to your brain
b)
warm your body
c)
keep you happy
d)
send information to your heart
6.

What do you rely on to help you experience the world around you and to keep you safe?

a)

air

b)

sunlight

c)

senses

d)

none of the above

7.

What do sense receptors do?

a)

Send information to your brain so your body can take in information and respond appropriately.

b)

Send information to your muscles so you can look strong

c)

Send information to your stomach so you will know when you eat good food.

d)

None of the above

8.

We know the basic five senses - taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell. Do animals have other senses?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

9.

What are electroreceptors?

a)

These receptors allow the animals to use echolocation.

b)

These receptors can sense when a hurricane is in the ocean.

c)

These receptors can sense when the water is too cold.

d)

These receptors can sense the weak electric fields emitted by other creatures.

10.

How many senses to scientists believe humans have?

a)

Exactly five

b)

Between eighteen and twenty

c)

Too many to count

d)

None of the above

11.

A system made up of bones and protects your soft body parts is called the

a)

skeleton

b)

brain

c)

skin

d)

nerves

12.

Eyes, nose, tongue, skin, and ears are your

a)

body parts

b)

5 senses organs

c)

sense receptors

d)

bones

13.

An ______________ is a part of an organism that has a specific function

a)

brain

b)

skeleton

c)

organ

d)

nerve

14.

The __________________________ connects the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

a)

skeletal system

b)

nervous system

c)

organ system

d)

brain system

15.

A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ is called a

a)

stimulus

b)

reaction

c)

special event

16.

The spinal cord is wrapped near the

a)

brain

b)

leg bone

c)

backbone

d)

skull

17.

True or False

The tongue ONLY has taste receptors.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False

The eye is made up of the pupil, iris, retina, and lens.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False

Light does not allow us to see with our eyes.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False

The only part of the ear that we can see is called the outer ear.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False

Sound waves hit an area called an ear drum, which allows us to hear.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False

Animals and humans all have the exact same sense organs.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

You feel a mosquito biting your arm. Which receptor are you using?

a)

Chemoreceptor

b)

Nociceptor

c)

Thermoreceptor

24.

You touch a hot plate. Which receptors are you using? (2 answers)

a)

chemoreceptors

b)

thermoreceptors

c)

nociceptors

d)

electroreceptors

25.

You eat a piece of sour candy. Which receptor are you using?

a)

chemoreceptor

b)

thermoreceptor

c)

nociceptor

26.

You are a shark hunting for your prey using electric fields. Which receptor are you using?

a)

chemoreceptor

b)

nociceptor

c)

thermoreceptor

d)

electroreceptor