SCIENCE FORM 2

CHAPTER 1
THE WORLD THROUGH OUR SENSES
 SENSORY ORGANS
• STIMULUS
• SENSE
• NERVES
• RESPONSE
• BRAIN
 SENSE OF TOUCH
SENSE OF SMELL
SENSE OF TASTE
SENSE OF HEARING
SENSE OF SIGHT
 STIMULUS
Change in the environment that produces a
reaction in a living organism.
 SENSE
The ability of the sensory organ to detect a
stimulus
 NERVES
Connect the brain to all parts of the body.
 RESPONSE
Reaction produced in answer to a stimulus.
 BRAIN
Controls all the actions and response of the
body.
 THE SKIN
1) Responds to pain, touch, pressure, heat, cold
2) 5 receptors : pain, touch, heat, cold, pressure
3) Sensitivity depends on thickness of skin and
number of sensory senses.
 Exercise
TEXT BOOK

A)Which parts of the skin are

i) the most sensitive
ii) the least sensitive
B) Certain parts of our body are more sensitive
to touch than others. Give two reasons.
 Answers
A) i) the lips, fingertips, neck
ii) elbows, legs, back of our body.
B) i) the thickness of our body is different
ii) the numbers of the receptors/the
closeness of the receptors is different.
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