Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a type of sensory input?

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Nervous

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Chemical

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Electromagnetic

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Mechanical

Question 2

Which organ(s) of the nervous system is responsible for making sense of the world around un?

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Brain

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Lungs

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Stomach

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Muscles

Question 3

Smell and memories are closely tied together in the brain. How might having a cold affect your ability to smell?

Accepted Answer

Your sensory receptors for smell are blocked by extra mucus

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Your brain doesn't recognize the smell when you are ill

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Your sensory receptors die when you are sick and regrow when you are better

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Your sensory receptors become less sensitive when you are sick

Question 4

Which would be the correct path way to create a behavior?

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sensory energy, sensory receptor, neural response, brain, muscle, behavior

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sensory receptor, neural response, brain, muscle, behavior, sensory energy

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sensory receptor, neural response, memory, brain, muscle, behavior

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sensory energy, sensory receptor, neural response, behavior, muscle, brain

Question 5

Sensory receptors (photoreceptors) in the eyes like rods and cones have a different structure than sensory receptors in the skin. The most reasonable explanations for the difference in the structure of these receptors is that...

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receptors in the eye respond to a different type of input than receptors in the skin

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only the sensory receptors in the eye transmit signals directly to the brain.

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there are many more sensory receptors in the eye than receptors in the skin.

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receptors in the skin are connected to nerve cells, but receptors in the eye are not.

Question 6

Which type of sensory receptor would most likely tell your body to sweat?

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Thermoreceptors

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None of these

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Mechanoreceptors

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Nociceptors

Question 7

Which type of sensory receptor would not allow you to feel pain?

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Nocirecptors

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Thermoreceptors

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Chemoreceptors

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Mechanoreceptors

Question 8

Animals like iguanas, salmon and cats use their sensory receptors to help them survive in the wild.

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True

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False

Question 9

Which of the following is TRUE about sense receptors being processed by the brain?

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All sense receptors are able to be processed by the brain.

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Only 1/4 of our sense receptors are able to be processed by the brain.

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No sense receptors are able to be processed by the brain.

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Only half of our sense receptors are able to be processed by the brain.

Question 10

Sensory information picked up by the ears is

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sent to the brain via nerve cells

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interpreted as vibrations by the muscles

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sent to the brain as an image

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carried to the brain through blood cells

Question 11

Which senses are mechanical inputs?

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touch and hearing

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hearing and sight

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Smell and taste

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touch and sight

Question 12

Which senses are chemical inputs?

Accepted Answer

smell and taste

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sight and smell

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smell and hearing

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taste and sight

Question 13

Which sense is an electromagnetic input?

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sight/light

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smell

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taste

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hearing

Question 14

Your friend loves Thanksgiving and eating turkey and stuffing. What two senses are mostly involved in them enjoying what they eat?

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smell and taste

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touch and sight

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sight and hearing

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hearing and touch

Question 15

Receptors in the body are different because they respond to different inputs.

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true

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false

Question 16

Aside from reflexes all sensory information is processed by the brain.

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true

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false

Question 17

Smells and memories are closely ties together because the are processed in the same region of the brain.

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true

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false

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