PhD Science Module

What is the definition of sensory receptor?

• A part of the animal’s body that serves a specific purpose.

• The purpose of a structure to help an organism survive, grow, or reproduce.

• A structure that helps an organism gather information about its environment.

• A substructure in the sensory structure that receives information about an environment and sends it to an animal’s brain.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is an example of a sensory structure?

• Eyes

• Ears

• Nose

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is an example of a sensory receptor?

• Eyes

• Fingers

• Taste Buds

• Hair

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is the definition of sensory structure?

• A part of the animal’s body that serves a specific purpose.

• The purpose of a structure to help an organism survive, grow, or reproduce.

• A structure that helps an organism gather information about its environment.

• A substructure in the sensory structure that receives information about an environment and sends it to an animal’s brain.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of gas?

• Has a definite volume

• Fills the shape of its container

• Can be compressed

• Expands to fill its container

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is not a property of all matter?

• Mass

• Volume

• Color

• Density

What state of matter has a definite shape and volume?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Design a project to compare the effects of physical changes (such as temperature and pressure) on different states of matter.

• Heat and cool water, ice, and steam to observe changes in state and record temperatures at which these changes occur.

• Freeze and melt different metals to see which one has the highest melting point.

• Apply pressure to various solids to determine their hardness.

• Observe the color changes in substances when heated without measuring temperature.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Which state of matter takes the shape of its container but has a definite volume?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

The sense of .............. is related with the tongue.

• sight

• smell

• touch

• hearing

• taste