Animal Senses
Which of the five senses uses our eyes?
What is sight (vision)
What do we call any part of the body that helps living organisms do something?
What is a structure.
What do we call something that gives off light, such as a lamp or the Sun?
What is a light source
Light moves in what kind of path?
List the order for how light allows animals to see.
What is light > eyes > light receptors > optic nerve > brain.
Animals use their senses to get _______ about their environment.
What is information.
Every structure has a purpose. What do we call the job that a structure does?
What is a function?
When something blocks light and creates a dark shape behind it, what is that shape called?
What is a shadow?
Light must enter what structure of the body for us to see an object?
What is the eye
After the light receptors notice and accept light in, which structure does the information go next?
What is the brain
Which sense helps animals recognize different scents?
What is smell
Which structure of an animal's body allows it to pick up sounds from its environment?
What are ears
Which part of the eye can get bigger or smaller to control how much light enters?
What do we call it when light bounces off an object?
What is reflection
The brain uses signals from the eyes to understand what is around the animal. What does the brain create from these signals?
What is an image
When an animal hears danger coming, which sense is helping it survive?
What is hearing
What are light receptors
If an object does not let any light pass through it, what is it called?
What is opaque
Why is it impossible to see objects in a place with no light at all?
Because there is no light to reflect off the object and into the eye.
When an animal sees something, it brain decides what action to take. What do we call this step?
What is responding (or making a response).
In an investigation, scientists change only one thing at a time. What is this called?
What is a variable
What structure sends the information from the eyes to the brain?
What is the optic nerve.
Tokay Geckos are an ___________ species
What is endangered.
Give three examples of light sources.
What is
1. The Sun
2. A lamp
3. A flashlight
Animals use their sense of sight to ________ in their environment?
What is survive