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Chapter One: Learning Area: The World Through Our Senses Learning Objectives
Chapter One: Learning Area: The World Through Our Senses Learning Objectives
Chapter One: Learning Area: The World Through Our Senses Learning Objectives
LEARNING AREA:
The World Through Our Senses
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1.1 Sensory Organs and Their Functions
1.2 Our Sense of Touch
1.3 Our Sense of Smell
1.4 Our Sense of Taste
1.5 Our Sense of Hearing and Sound
1.6 Our Sense of Sight and Light
1.7 Stimuli and Responses in Plants
Learning Objective: 1.1 Understanding the sensory organs and their functions
Learning Outcomes:
Identify and relate a sensory organ to its stimulus.
State the pathway from stimulus to response.
Stimulus
Sensory Organ
Nerves
Brain
Nerves
Response
1.
Complete the table below to identify and relate a sensory organ to its stimulus
using the words given.
Eye
Ear
Skin
Sensory Organ
Stimulus
light
Nose
airborne chemical
sound
touch
Tongue
2.
Identify X and Y in the diagram below to state the pathway from stimulus to
response.
Stimulus
(nerve)
(Detect)
Brain
(nerve)
(Interpret)
Y
(Result)
Touch
Pain
Cold
Heat
Epidermis
b)
Dermis
c)
Adipose
2.
State the function for the following receptors based on the diagram in (1).
a. Receptor 1(a) can detect the stimulus __________________________.
b. Receptor 1(b) can detect the stimulus __________________________.
3.
The table below shows the result of an experiment to test the sensivity of the skin
to detect the stimulus touch.
Area on the skin
Palm
Elbow
Tip of pointer finger
Back of the hand
TEST
(/)- detected (X)-not detected)
1
2
3
x
/
x
x
x
x
/
/
/
/
x
/
a. Based on the result above, which area on the skin is the most sensitive to the
stimulus touch?
________________________________________________________________
b. Give one reason for your answer in 3(a).
________________________________________________________________
Learning Outcomes:
Identify the structure of the nose.
Identify the position of the sensory cells in the detection of the smell.
1.
Label the parts of the human nose in the diagram below using the words given.
Smell receptors
Nasal cavity
Nostril
a)
Airborne chemicals
b)
2.
c)
Complete the statements below to identify the position of the sensory cells in the
detection of the smell.
.
a. The nose is the sensory organ to detect the stimulus ___________________.
b. The smell receptors are found in the upper part of the __________________.
c. These smell receptors are covered with a thin layer of __________________.
Learning Outcomes:
Identify the different areas of the tongue that respond to different taste.
Relate the sense of taste with the sense of smell.
1.
Label the diagram below to identify the different areas of the tongue that respond
to different taste using the words given.
Honey
Salted Fish
Lime Juice
COFFEE
a)
b)
c)
2.
not
A person who suffers a cold normally loses his appetite because his food does
have any taste or smell.
Which sensory organ does the tongue works closely with?
_______________________________________________________________
Learning Outcomes:
Identify the structure of the human ear.
Explain the functions of the different parts of the ear.
Describe how we hear.
1.
Label the diagram below to identify the structure of the human ear using the
words given.
Ear lope
Auditory nerve
Cochlea
a)
Ossicles
b)
Eustachian tube
2.
c)
Identify the parts of the ear with the correct functions using the words given
below to explain the functions of the different parts of the ear.
Eustachian tube
Part of Ear
Ear pinna
Auditory nerves
Eardrum
Ear canal
Function
Collects and channel sound wave into the ear canal.
Directs sound wave to the eardrum.
Vibrates with the same frequency of the sound.
Oscicles
Cochlea
3.
Complete the statement below to describe how we hear using the words given.
sound
ossicles
auditory
The ear detects stimulus in the form of __________________ wave when it hits
the eardrum and is amplified by the ___________________. A tubular shaped
cochlea which contains receptors will then convert the sound vibrations into
sound
impulses
which
are
_____________________ nerve.
then
sent
to
the
brain
through
the
Label the diagram below to identify the structure of the human eye using the
words given.
Iris
Optic nerve
Yellow spot
a.
b.
c.
Eye lens
2.
Complete the table below to explain the functions of the different parts of the eye
using the words given.
Retina
Cornea
Part of eye
Pupil
Sclera
Function
Lens
Choroids
3.
Complete the statement below to describe how we see using the words given.
retina
optic
Light that enters the eye is refracted by the cornea, aqueous humour and the eye
lens to form an image on the____________________. The sensitive cells in the
retina convert the image into impulses which is then sent to the brain through the
_____________ nerve.
Diagram A
Diagram B
a. Diagram A:
When light hits the surface of and opaque object (plane mirror), light will be
_________________________.
b. Diagram B:
When light passes through a transparent object (glass block), light will be
_________________________.
2.
Far object
Diagram A
Draw lines in the diagram to correct this vision defect after using a concave lens.
Far object
b) Diagram B shows a long-sighted vision.
Image is form behind the retina
Near object
Diagram B
Draw lines in the diagram to correct this vision defect after using a convex lens.
The diagrams below show the field of vision of a deer and a cat.
Monocular vision
Stereoscopic vision
a)
Draw lines to match the following devices with its correct uses to overcome the
limitation of sight.
b)
A telescope is used to observe very far and
distant object like the moon.
c)
A magnifying glass is used to observe very
small objects like small insects or small
letters/numbers
The diagrams below show three activities to identify the properties of sound.
Ring
Rubber band
rin
g
No sound is heard
Diagram A
Diagram B
Diagram C
Draw lines to match the following properties of sound with the correct activity
based on the diagrams above.
a) Sound cannot travel through a vacuum
Diagram A
Diagram B
Diagram C
2.
The diagram below shows and activity to explain reflection and absorption of
sound.
Surface of an object
Underline the correct answer in the statements below to explain reflection and
absorption of sound.
Tick (/) which is the common causes of hearing defect from the list below.
a) Too much ear wax blocking the ear canal
b) Infection of the ear
c) Listening to loud music or sound
d) Injury to the head
e) Birth defects
2.
Tick (/) the correct device that can rectify the defects of hearing.
3.
4.
Tick (/) the correct device that is used to overcome the limitations of hearing.
5.
Stereophonic Hearing
Learning Outcomes:
State the stimuli that cause response in plants.
Identify the parts of plants sensitive to specific stimulus.
Relate the response in plants to their survival.
1.
Underline the correct answer in the statements below to state the stimuli that
causes this type of response in plants.
Which part of the plant A, B and C in the diagram above is sensitive to the
specific stimulus below.
a. This part of the plant is able to respond to light
:
___________________
b. This part of the plant is able to respond to gravity
___________________
c. This part of the plant is able to respond to water
___________________
3.
The diagram below shows the response of a Venus fly trap to obtain nutrients by
trapping insects.
Rearrange the words below to identify this type of response in certain plants.