5 Senses

Question 0

What are thermoreceptors?

Answer 0

A type of receptor that responds to temperature change

Question 1

Sense of touch

Answer 1

Sensory receptors in the skin are stimulated

Question 2

What is an eye made of?

Answer 2

Cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve

Question 3

Cornea

Answer 3

The protective covering that lets light enter

Question 4

Iris

Answer 4

The muscle that gives the eye it’s color

Question 5

Pupil

Answer 5

The hole in the middle of the iris that lets light in

Question 6

Lens

Answer 6

The is clear material behind the iris that focuses the light on the retina

Question 7

Retina

Answer 7

The layer of light sensitive cells in the back of the eye

Question 8

Optic nerve

Answer 8

Nerve sending messages to the brain

Question 9

Blind spot

Answer 9

Place where there are no light sensitive cells

Question 10

Two kinds of photoreceptors in retina

Answer 10

Rods and cones

Question 11

Rods

Answer 11

Are sensitive to dim light (help you see in the dark)

Question 12

Cones

Answer 12

Are sensitive to bright light

Question 13

What do you use to hear?

Answer 13

Ear canal, eardrum, auditory nerve, cochlea, ear bones

Question 14

Ear canal

Answer 14

Canal that sound waves travel down

Question 15

Eardrum

Answer 15

Waves make it vibrate, then it vibrates against ear bones

Question 16

Ear bones

Answer 16

Are vibrated by the eardrum, vibrates against the cochlea

Question 17

Cochlea

Answer 17

Vibrations make waves in the fluid inside it, then it sends electrical impulses to the brain

Question 18

What is on the tongue?

Answer 18

Papillae

Question 19

What is in papillae?

Answer 19

Taste buds

Question 20

What is in taste buds?

Answer 20

Taste cells

Question 21

Olfactory cells

Answer 21

Receptors sensing smell