Stimuli And Responses

Instructions: Answer the following questions.

1 Label the human nervous system below.

Spinal cord Spinal nerves Central nervous system Cranial nerves Peripheral nerves Brain

(d)
(a)
(f)

(e)
(c)
(body control
centre)

(b)

2 (a) The are actions that conducted under conscious control.

(b) The are actions that conducted under unconscious control.

3 Complete the flow map about the pathway of an impulse in voluntary and involuntary actions.
(a) Voluntary action

impulse impulse
Stimulus Response

(b) Involuntary action

impulse impulse
Stimulus Response
4 (a) Label the structures of an eye.

F: G:

A:
H:

B:
I:
C:
J:
D:

E: K:
L:

(b) State their functions.

A, B, E: Helps to the light onto the retina.
C: Controls the quantity of light to the eye.
D: Controls the of the .
B, E: Maintain the of the eyeball.
F: the light onto the .
G: the eyeball.
H: Prevents of light in the eye.
I: Converts stimulus into .
K: Sends to the brain.

(c) Based on 4(a), complete the pathway of light rays in eyes.

A K

5 (a) detect coloured lights.

(b) detect light of different intensity

6 (a) Label the structures of an ear.

T:
U:

P:
V:

Q: W:

X:
R:

S:
 (b) State their functions.
P: Collects
Q: Channel to the
R: when it is hit by sound waves
S: Balance the on both sides of the ear
T: the sound vibrations
U: Controls the
V: Sends to the
W: Converts to
(c) Based on 5(a), complete the sound pathway in hearing mechanism.

P V

7 Explain why when we have flu, our nose cannot function well.
The sensory cell of are covered by a layer of .

8 State the taste that each part of the tongue is sensitive to. Give one example of food that taste the best on the parts
labelled.

Part Taste Example of food

P

9 The papillae on the surface of the tongue are covered by hundreds of containing
(detect five basic tastes).

10 The thinner the or the more the number of , the more sensitive the skin.

11 Line Q appears longer than line P. This limitation of the sense of sight is called P
. Q
12 We cannot see an object if the image of the object falls on the .

13 Complete the table with the correct words regarding the eye defects.

(a) (b)

Type

The eyeball is too or the The eyeball is too or the

Reason
eye lens is too eye lens is too
Corrective lens
14 is the eye defect caused by the irregular curvature of the cornea or eye lens. It can be corrected
by wearing .

15 State the stimulus and the types of tropisms for the shoot and root of the plants below.

(a) (b)

Stimulus: Stimulus:

Shoot: Shoot:

Root: Root:

(c) (d)

Stimulus: Stimulus:
Root: Tendril:

16 State the types of visions and its advantage and disadvantage for the following animals.

(a) (b)

Type of
vision (Predator) (Prey)

Advantage estimate distance, size estimate distance, size

and deepness accurately and deepness accurately

Disadvantage vision field vision field

17 The hearing that uses both ears is called .