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Sensory Receptors Unit Exam

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name

Class

Date

Your body contains (a) that send (b) to your (c) so your body can take in information and (d) appropriately.

Choose from the below words

sensory receptors

information

brain

respond

Match the following

Photoreceptor

Mechanoreceptor

and Thermoreceptor

Chemoreceptor

Proprioceptor

Nociceptor

Match the following

Photoreceptor respond to...

Mechanoreceptor respond to...

Chemoreceptor respond to...

Thermoreceptor respond to...

Nociceptor respond to...

Mechanoreceptors of the ears respond to _____________________.

The vibrations of sound waves

The wavelengths of light waves

The detection of molecules in the air

The vibrations of light waves

The sensory receptors of the eyes.

Chemoreceptors

Photoreceptors

Mechanoreceptors

Nocireceptors

Messages from the eyes are sent to the brain through the ________ ________ where the information is processed and made sense of.

Optic Nerve

Auditory Nerve

Olfactory Nerve

Somatic Nerve

The specialized nerve cells that are designed to respond to chemical stimuli such as when tasting and smelling.

Photoreceptors

Mechanoreceptors

Thermoreceptors

Chemoreceptors

In skin, the sense of touch and pressure is detected by _______________________.

Photoreceptors

Thermoreceptors

Nocireceptors

Mechanoreceptors

In skin, the sense of temperature is detected by _______________________.

Thermoreceptors

Chemoreceptors

Nocireceptors

Mechanoreceptors

10.

In skin, the sense of pain is detected by _______________________.

Thermoreceptors

Mechanoreceptors

Nocireceptors

Chemoreceptors

11.

What are the cells of the nervous system called?

Neurons

Neutrons

Synapses

Erythrocytes

12.

Which correctly explains a possible relationship between the body's sensory receptors and the use of information received when doing the Stimuli Lab?

When students receive mechanical and chemical stimuli through the use of the ears, the ruler is caught more quickly.

When students receive mechanical and electromagnetic stimuli, the ruler is caught more quickly.

When students receive electromagnetic stimuli through touch, the ruler is caught more quickly.

When students receive chemical stimuli through the use of the dominant hand, the ruler was caught more quickly.

13.

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.

faster at processing information.

14.

(a) work best in (b) light and enable you see black and white. (c) work best in (d) light, and enable you see the (e) .

Choose from the below words

Rods

dim

Cones

bright

colors

15.

Nerve (a) travel down the (b) nerve to the (c) lobe of your (d) .

Choose from the below words

impulses

optic

occipital

brain

16.

The (a) nervous system is in charge of putting your (b) in touch with he physical (c) and allows it to (d) .

Choose from the below words

peripheral

brain

environment

respond

17.

Each type of (a) nerve (b) responds to different kinds of (c) .

Choose from the below words

sensory

receptor

stimuli

18.

What part of the brain analyzes/decides where/why you are feeling pain before your reflexes react?

Frontal

Occipital

Motor Cortex

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

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Sensory Receptors Unit Exam

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

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