Senses Practice Quiz

Which type of sensory receptor is responsible for detecting touch?

• Thermoreceptors

• Photoreceptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What do thermoreceptors detect?

• Light

• Chemicals

• Temperature variations

• Pain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which sensory receptor is also known as nociceptors?

• Photoreceptors

• Pain receptors

• Mechanoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What type of stimulus do photoreceptors respond to?

• Chemicals

• Light

• Touch

• Temperature variations

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

How many major types of sensory receptors are there?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What are the impulses produced in the skin called?

• Auditory sensations

• Visual sensations

• Cutaneous sensations

• Olfactory sensations

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which of the following is NOT included in cutaneous sensations?

• Touch

• Heat

• Smell

• Pressure

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

How are receptors distributed throughout the body?

• Equally distributed

• Not equally distributed

• Only in the hands

• Only in the feet

Which body parts are more sensitive to stimuli?

• All body parts are equally sensitive

• Some body parts are more sensitive than others

• Only the hands are sensitive

• Only the feet are sensitive

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which type of nerve ending is responsible for sensing pain, temperature, touch, and pressure?

• Meissner's corpuscles

• Free nerve endings

• Merkel's disk

• Pacinian corpuscle