Worksheets9 Senses & Disease
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following statements about sense organs is INCORRECT?
They are responsible for producing senses.
They contain sensory cells.
They are responsible for detecting stimuli.
There are five sense organs in humans.
Which of the following is the cause of illusion?
The brain is tired.
The brain fails to work.
The brain misinterprets the signals.
The signals are not interpreted by the brain.
Which of the following senses are most closely related:
touch and smell
smell and taste
taste and hearing
hearing and smell
Disease causing agents such as bacteria and viruses are called _______________.
pathogens
antibodies
villians
particles
What is the primary function of your immune system?
to create organelles
to protect your body from pathogens
to aid in blood circulation
to protect your bones and muscles
Skin protects a person from pathogens by _______________.
being thin and easy to allow things through
shedding occasionally
serving as a protective layer that keeps foreign objects out
allowing bacteria to enter if it is healthy
Which parts of the respiratory system keep pathogens from reaching the inside of your body? (select all that apply)
nose hair
lungs
mucus
blood
Select 3 ways that your digestive system works to protect you form pathogens that have entered your body on food?
by using stomach acids to neutralize the pathogen
causing you to vomit
causing you to have diarrhea
causing you to burp
Most bacterial diseases can be treated with _______________.
antibiotics
carcinogens
pathogens
microbes
All bacteria cause illness and disease.
TRUE
FALSE
Viruses include... (select all that apply)
flu
common cold
measles
chicken pox
food poisoning
Our sense organs ................. information from our surroundings
receive
interprets
We use our .............. to detect ............ around us and send messages to the brain.
sense - stimuli
organs - smells
muscles - responses
The sense organ that can detect cold, hot, pain, and pressure
eyes
nose
ears
skin
The main function of all our senses
Protect us
Help us find food
Let us enjoy the world around us
Connect us with our environment
what is a stimulus
something you are born with
something that causes a response/reaction
basic unit of life
traits that you receive
what are the 2 parts of the nervous system
brain/heart
brain/spinal cord
spinal cord/heart
heart/liver
Disease that can be spread from one generation to the next
Microbiology
Infection
Streptococcus
Infectious Disease
Illness or sickness caused by genes, infection, toxicity, nutritional imbalance, etc.
Disease
Hygiene
Epidemic
Protozoa
A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting widespread regions across the world ( ex: smallpox, TB, certain flu outbreaks)
Epidemic
Pandemic
Protozoa
Bacteria
Organism that benefits from a host organism while the host is harmed
Disease
Pandemic
Epidemic
Parasite
A rapidly spreading outbreak of disease affecting many large populations( example: typhoid)
Disease
Epidemic
Pandemic
Bacteria
How does the nervous system detect changes to the environment?
Explain how the reflex arc works to keep us safe?
