The Senses
What are the 5 senses?
Touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight
How does light travel?
Waves
What is the central control point for the nervous system?
brain
Describe trial and error
Trying something over and over until you find something that works.
True or False: Your eyes are a source of light
False
What is one reason why God gave us senses?
To survive, to defend ourselves, to find food, to navigate
What does transparent mean?
Light can pass through
What are the three main parts of the nervous system?
Brain, spinal cord, nerves
What is learned behavior?
A behavior that an animal learns over time.
What is the term we use for when the brain is thinking about information it has received from the signal?
Process
Name one INTERNAL sense
Motion, balance, hot, cold, pain, pressure
When light can pass through but results in a blurred image we call it _____________.
Translucent
There are two kinds of stimuli that our nervous system receives. What are they?
Internal and external
What word means to adjust when survival is threatened?
Adapt
Why can an electric fence keeps cows away?
They learn that the shock is painful so they avoid it
What is the purpose of the ampullae of Lorenzini on a shark?
It helps the shark detect things in the water
What does opaque mean?
Stops light from passing through
What is a sense receptor?
A specific structure of the body that receives information
Teaching an organism to respond to a stimulus (like a dog doing something for a treat) is an example of _______________.
Conditioning
Describe reaction time
How quickly a living thing responds to a stimulus
What is the function of the pit organ on a snake?
Helps it sense heat
True or False: Light is energy and has to come from a source.
True
God gave us someone who sometimes functions as our spiritual nervous system. What do we call him?
Holy Spirit
True or False: Instincts are behaviors that baby animals have to be taught by their parents.
False
Say Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another; even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32