Structures for Sensing the Environment

A long stalk-shaped sense organ on the head of an insect.

• ear

• sense receptor

• antenna

• hair

A structure in the nervous system that detects stimuli.

• sense receptor

• antenna

• ear

• eye

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A structure on the tongue that has sense receptors that detect sweet, sour, salty, and bitter tastes in food.

• tongue

• bitter sense receptor

• sweet sense receptor

• taste bud

A sense organ that contains light and color receptors.

• eye

• eye stalk

• antenna

• whiskers

A sense organ that contains receptors for detecting sound.

• antenna

• satellite

• ear

• hairs

A thin elastic membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear.

• ear drum

• ear

• inner ear

• plastic

Snakes smell with their:

• nose

• tongue

• scales

Touch receptors keep us safe from

• pain

• heat

• cold

• all of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Whiskers on a lion or other cat help to feel their way around:

• in the dark

• in the water

• on the savanna

Mosquitos use this to detect sound and avoid predators:

• hairs

• wings

• hairs on their antenna

• eyes