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Sensory Organ

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which part of the eye gives the eye its color?

a)

cornea

b)

iris

c)

retina

d)

pupil

2.

The skin senses for which of the following?

a)

Temperature

b)

Pressure

c)

Pain

d)

Touch

e)

The skin can sense all of these

3.

The largest organ in our body is the

a)

skin

b)

lungs

c)

arteries

d)

brain

4.

Our sense organs such as our nose, eyes, and mouth, ______________ information from our surroundings

a)

receive

b)

interprets

5.

The sense of ___________ is possible due to sensory receptors in our skin.

a)

sight

b)

smell

c)

touch

d)

hearing

e)

taste

6.

All parts of the sensory system use ________ to receive information about the world around us.

a)

cone cells

b)

receptors

c)

hair

d)

chemoreceptors

7.

Which part of the body is the "control center" that receives information from the sensory receptors?

a)

brain

b)

spinal cord

c)

nerve endings

d)

vertebrae

8.

What is the stimulus in this situation? "A loud noise causes you to cover your ears"

a)

A loud noise

b)

You cover your ears

9.

Which answer below correctly orders the steps that our nervous system takes to sense the world around us?

a)

Sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information, then the message/signal travels through our nerves to our brain, and finally the brain processes this information and decides what to do

b)

Messages/signals travel through our nerves to our brain, then the brain processes this information and decides what to do, and finally the sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information

c)

The brain processes information and decides what to do, then sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information, and finally the message/signal travels through our nerves to our brain

10.

Match the part of the body with its name.

a)

smell

b)

touch

c)

hearing

d)

tongue

11.

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

a)

touch and smell

b)

smell and taste

c)

taste and hearing

d)

hearing and smell

12.

Small projections located on the tongue’s surface where taste buds are located are known as:

a)

papillae

b)

gustatory cells

c)

olfactory epithelium

d)

mucous producing glands

13.

The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:

a)

olfactory receptor cells

b)

smell cells

c)

gustatory receptor cells

d)

umami cells

14.

The ear has three parts

a)

outer ear, outer ear and midle ear

b)

middle ear, inner ear and ear

c)

outer ear, middle ear and inner ear

15.

The cochlea sends the sound through

a)

the ear canal to the brain

b)

the cochlea to the brain

c)

the auditory nerve to the brain