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SENSORY ORGANS
Sensory Organs, Senses and Stimuli
1)
2)

(pg. 3-4, 103)

Stimuli is _____________________________________________________________
Examples of stimuli are __________________________________________________
Sensory Organs is ______________________________________________________
Senses in
humans [pg. 3]

3)

Relation between sensory organs, stimuli and senses in human beings.

Sensory Organs
T
E
E
N
S

Stimulus/stimuli detected

Sense
SENSE OF SIGHT

SOUND
SENSE OF TOUCH

Response to stimuli (pg. 4)

4)
5)
6)
7)
8)

Response is [pg. 103] __________________________________________________________

Receptors are [pg. 103]_________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Nerve impulse are [pg. 102]______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Effectors are [pg. 4] ___________________________________________________________
Common pathway on detecting a stimulus and producing a response in human beings:
Nerve impulse

Stimulus

Nerve impulse

Brain
Response

Nerve impulse

Nerve impulse

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SENSE OF TOUCH (pg. 5-7)

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

The skin is the sensory organ for touch.

The skin can detect changes in ______________________________________________________
The skin consists of two main layers, the _____________________ and the __________________
The epidermis is ________________________________________________________________
The dermis _____________________________________________________________________

7)

The skin has special receptors to detect each of these stimuli (pg. 6)
Receptors in the skin

Type of stimuli detected

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

8) When the _____________ in the skin ___________________, they send _______________ along
the ________ to the brain. __________ interprets the impulses as the _______________________.
9) Sensitivity of the skin (pg. 7)
The sensitivity of the skin depends on ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________.
HOMEWORK : PLEASE DO CHECKPOINT 1.1[pg. 5] & 1.2 [pg. 8 ]
PMR PRACTICE!
3. Which of the following
sensory organs detect
chemical stimuli?
A The eye and the ears
B
The ears and the nose
C
The eyes and the tongue
D The nose and the tongue

A
B
C
D

2. The sensory receptors

that are not present in
the skin are the
Heat receptors
Pressure receptors
Touch receptors
Sweat receptors

A
B
C
D

1. Which of the following

substances cannot be
detected by the receptors
on the tongue?
Salt
Sugar
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Chili
Vinegar

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SENSE OF SMELL [pg. 8]

1) Cross section of the human nose:
Nerve to the brain

Layer of mucus
2) The two holes in our nose, called ____________, open into a hollow space called the
_________________.
3) The nasal cavity is lined with mucous. The mucous lining ________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
4) The roof of the nasal cavity has many ____________________________________ to detect smell.
5) How smells are detected:
a. When air is breathe in ______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
6) If we smell something for a long time, the sensory cells __________________________________
________________________________________. The sensitivity to smell varies with individuals.
7) Smell pathway from stimulus to the brain.
Chemicals in
the air

Brain

HOMEWORK : PLEASE DO CHECKPOINT 1.3 [pg. 9]

PMR PRACTICE!

A
B
C
D

6. Why does a person with a

cold find his food
tasteless?
He is too tired and sleepy.
His medicine causes this
side effect
His sense of sight is
effected by his cold
His sense of smell is
affected by his cold. The
sense of smell helps the
sense of taste.

A
B
C

A
B
C
D

4. The part labeled as P is

the
Nostril
Mucous layer
Nasal cavity
Nerve

5. The mucous layer in the

walls of the nasal cavity
Contains the smell receptors
Dissolves the chemicals that
carry the smell
Transmits the impulses to
the brain
Blocks the flow of air in the
nasal cavity
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SENSE OF TASTE [pg. 9-11]

1) The sensory organ for taste is the ____________________
2) Our tongue can detect four basic tastes: _______________________________________________
3) Different areas of the tongue are _____________________________________________________
4) Our tongue is lined with __________________ which contains many _______________________
5) Label the taste areas on the tongue:
Taste pore
Epithelialp
ore

6) Our ___________________ improves our ______________________

7) As we chew, ____________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
These chemicals _________________________________________________________________
8) Taste pathway from the stimulus to the brain:
Chemicals in
the food

Brain

9) Do you notice that food is tasteless when you have a cold? [pg. 11]
This is because smell from the food _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
7. An accident victim has lost his
PMR PRACTICE!
sense of smell. He is unable to
determine the taste of the food
he eats because
A
The nostrils do not have a mucous
lining
B
The sense of smell improves the
sense of taste
C
The taste buds are destroyed
D
The nerve connecting the taste
8.
buds to the brain is damaged
Sea
Ice
Lime juice
water
cream
A P
Q
S
5
B
P
Q
R
C
Q
P
R
D S
Q
P

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SENSE OF HEARING [pg. 12-14]

1) The _____ is the sensory organ of _______________________
2) Most of the ear are situated in the ________________________
3) Each part of the ear carries out a specific function. What are their functions?

(i)

Label

Name of the part

Function

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)

4)
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HOW DO WE HEAR?
Ear
Pinna

Brain

PMR PRACTICE!
9) &
10)

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SENSE OF SIGHT [pg. 14-18]

1) The sense of sight is very important to us. We can obtain a lot of information about an object
with just a glance at it its ______________, ________________, _________________ and colour.
2) The ______ are the sensory organ of sight. They are sensitive to light.
3) Each eye is a ________________
4) The eyelid, a ________________________________________
5) The eyeball is held in _________________________________
6) The wall of the eyeball is made up of three layers: _________, ___________, and the
__________
7)
(m)
(n)

(o)
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8) State the function of each part of the structure of human eye.

Structure
Retina

Function

Choroid
Sclera
Iris
Ciliary body
Lens
Optic nerve
Conjunctiva
Cornea
Aqueous humour
Vitreous humour
Suspensory ligaments
Yellow spot
Blind spot
Pupil

9) Complete the flow chart below to show the path of light from the cornea in the eye to the brain.

Cornea

Brain
HOMEWORK :

Describe how our eyes work? [pg.18]

PMR PRACTICE!
no. 11 and 12

1.7

LIGHT AND SIGHT [pg. 19- 26]

PROPERTIES OF LIGHT
(a) Light is form of energy
(b) Light travels in a straight line
(c) Light reflects
(d) Light refracts
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REFLECTION OF LIGHT
1) Reflection of light occurs __________________________________________________________
2)

3) EXAMPLES:
a.

4) EXERCISES:
a)
normal
incident
ray

b)
incident
ray

normal
incident
ray

60o

incident
ray

45o
Angle of incidence: ________

Angle of incidence: ________

Angle of reflection: ________

Angle of reflection: ________

REFRACTION OF LIGHT
1) Refraction of light is the bending _________________________________________________
2)

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3) Light is refracted __________ the normal when light travels from a medium of low density to a
medium of high density.
4) Light is refracted __________ from the normal when light travels from a medium of high density
to a medium of low density.
5) PMR PRACTICE! : no. 13, 14 and 15

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DEFECTS OF
MEASURES
LONG-SIGHTEDNESS
a) Person can see _________________________
_____________________________________
b) Light from ____________________________
_____________________________________

VISION

AND

CORRECTIVE

SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS
a) Person can see _________________________
_____________________________________
b) Light from ____________________________
_____________________________________
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c) This is either because ___________________

_____________________________________

Can be corrected by using ______________ lens

c) This is either because ___________________

_____________________________________

Can be corrected by using ______________ lens

ASTIGMATISM
a) Caused by _________________________________________________________________________
b) Corrected by _______________________________________________________________________
BLIND SPOT
a) When images fall on the ______________. They ___________________________
b) Caused by there are no _________________________
c) Activities 1.12 B [pg. 24]

i. Follow the instruction in textbook pg. 24

ii. Write down your observation:
Observation :
_______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

OPTICAL
ILLUSIONS
a) The
limitation of the sense of sight where the brain
cannot interpret accurately what is actually seen by the eye.

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b)

c) PMR PRACTICE! : no. 16

STEREOSCOPIC AND MONOCULAR VISION [pg. 25]

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STEREOSCOPIC VISION

MONOCULAR VISION

Uses eye to look at object

Eyes located
Field of vision
overlapping
Stimate distance
Advantages
EXERCISE:
Based on the animal pictures below, state the type of vision these animals have.

Type of vision: ________________

Type of vision: _______________

Type of vision: ________________

Type of vision: ______________

DEVICES USED TO OVERCOME THE LIMITATIONS OF SIGHT

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The various devices used to overcome the limitation of sight include: [pg. 25]
i) _____________________________
v)
________________________________
ii) _________________________
vi)
________________________________
iii) __________________________
vii)
________________________________
iv) _____________________________
viii) ________________________________
PMR PRACTICE! No. 17 and 18.

1.8

SOUND AND HEARING [pg. 27- 31]

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1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

Sound are produced by ________________________

Sound needs a ___________ to travel.
Sound can travel through ____________, _____________ and ________________
When sound hits a surface, it can be _______________ or ________________.
____________ and ___________________ like walls are good reflectors of sound.
____________ and ___________________ like curtains are good absorbers of sound.
Reflected sound is called an ____________.Echo can be used to:
a. Estimate the depth of sea
b. Identify the school of fish
c. Detect the presence of submarine
8) There are two major types of hearing loss. The first type involves the ________ and ________ ear.
9) It usually results from ____________________________________________________________
10) The damage is often _____________________________________________________________
11) The second type involves damage to the __________________
12) It can be caused by the ____________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________________
13) In such cases, ___________________________________________________________________
14) This type of hearing loss cannot be __________________________________________________
LIMITATIONS OF HEARING
1) Our ear can only detect sounds between _____________________________
2) As we grow older, ______________________________________________
3) There is also a limit to how far our ear is able to her sound from a distance. We
cannot_________________________________________________________________________
4) We can overcome the limitations using devices such as _____________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
STEREOPHONIC HEARING
1) Stereophonic hearing is _______________________________________________________________
2) Stereophonic hearing enable us to ______________________________________________________
PMR PRACTICE! No. 19

1.9

STIMULI AND RESPONSES IN PLANTS [pg. 32-35]

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1)
2)
3)
4)

Tropism is ______________________________________________________________________
When the part of the plant grows towards the stimulus, it is called _________________________
When the part of the plant grows away from the stimulus, it is called _______________________
Tropism responses include:
Type of tropism

Stimulus
Light

Response (+/-)

Gravity
Water
Touch
Touch

PMR PRACTICE! no. 20

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SUMMARY CHART

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