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Sensory Receptor Quiz

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a a nerve ending that sends signals to the

central nervous system when it is stimulated?



(a)  

2.

Match the term to the correct definition

a)

Thermoreceptors

1.

respond to temperature changes

b)

Chemoreceptors

2.

respond to chemicals in taste and smell

c)

Mechanoreceptors

3.

respond to physical forces in touch

3.

Match the following terms to the correct definition

a)

Nociceptors

1.

Respond to pain stimuli

b)

Photoreceptors

2.

Respond to light stimuli

c)

Proprioceptors

3.

Respond to body position and movement

4.

True or False: Your brain constantly receives information from multiple systems via sensory receptors?

(a)  

5.

True or False: There is only one way to classify sensor receptors when counting them?

(a)  

6.

What is a correct example of Mechanoreceptors?

a)

Being Color Blind

b)

Smelling a bad smell

c)

Feeling Pain

d)

Having a hair stand up

7.

Match the event to the sensory receptor being triggered

a)

Shivering in freezing weather

1.

Thermoreceptors

b)

Needing Glasses

2.

Photoreceptors

c)

Difficulty Hearing

3.

Mechanoreceptors

8.

Match the event to the sensory receptor being triggered

a)

Telling milk is expired due to taste

1.

Chemoreceptors

b)

Spraining your ankle

2.

Nociceptors

c)

The adrenalin feeling when riding a roller-coaster

3.

proprioceptors