WorksheetsSense Receptors Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following explains how animals are able to sense sounds in their environment?
Each kind of sound triggers a different cell in the inner ear.
Sound waves enter the brain through openings in the skull.
Receptors pick up the information about sound waves and send it to the brain.
The ears send signals out into the environment and interpret what comes back.
Different sensory receptors are located in different parts of the body. How might sensory receptors in the eyes differ from those in other parts of the body? Sense receptors in the eyes need to be -
larger than other kinds of receptors.
sensitive to changes in the light.
able to send information to the muscles.
able to send information to the muscles.
What is the missing step in sensor receptors?
- Receive information from the environment.
- ?
- Information is processed and response is selected.
- Response is sent to the correct body system.
Information stored for later use
Information sent to the brain
Body systems respond to information
Body systems respond to information
What adaptation does a mouse have to allow it to use its sense of smell to find food?
Front paws for holding fruit
Special cells in its nose
Feeding mostly at night
Strong teeth to crush seeds
How does memory help guide the actions of an animal?
Animals can remember things that have happened long ago.
Memories are stored in the brains of most animals.
Animals can avoid actions that have been harmful to them in the past.
Memories will not be passed on from parents to offspring.
What is sense receptor?
a memory in ones brain
things that detect change in ones environment
way to smell things
all the above
Which of these is NOT one of your five senses?
touch
smell
taste
teeth
Some animals sense receptors can be stronger than others.
True
False
Memories are information stored in the brain.
True
False
Animals have special sense receptors that humans don't have?
True
False
James touches a hot pan and yells "ouch", what sense receptor caused him to react and yell ouch?
smell
touch
hearing
sight
Karson sees the smoke from a boiling pan, what sense receptor tells him not to touch the pan
sight
hearing
touch
smell
Riley is playing with her friends and notices a skunk lifting it tail, which explanation best describes why the skunk lifted its tail?
the skunk likes Riley and her friends
the skunk feels threatened
the skunk is hungry
the skunk is getting ready to fly
You are hungry and walk into a kitchen, what sense receptor helps tell you that you are ready to eat?
smell
sight
hearing
touch
Ashlyn likes chocolate and when she sees chocolate, she wants it. What sense receptor is telling Ashlyn that she wants chocolate?
sight
touch
hearing
smell
