NAME:________________________ CLASS: 3_________ DATE:___________________ NOTES :

SCIENCE FORM 3 (KSSM) : CHAPTER 1 : STIMULI & RESPONSES 1.2 STIMULI AND
RESPONSES IN HUMANS (PART A)
1. Stimuli are the
_______________________________________________________ 2. Example of
stimuli : ______________, _______________, __________________, I-THINK MAP
NO. 4 : TREE MAP :
CLASSIFICATION OF SENSORY ORGANS , SENSES & TYPES OF STIMULI

3. The structure and function of the EYE :

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4. The retina has two types of p____________________
i) rod cells ii) cone cells
5. Rod cells are________________________________________________________
6. Cone cells _________________________________________________________
Three types of cone cells : i) ______________________________________ ii)
______________________________________
iii) _____________________________________
7. The structure and function of the EAR :

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8. The structure of the NOSE :
9. There are around 10 million of __________________________ located at the roof
of nasal cavity.
10. Function of sensory cells of smell :
i) ______________________________________________________________
ii) ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
iii)
______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
HOTS! (KBAT)
Why is a person suffering from flu normally unable to detect smells?
____________________________________________________________________
_ ___________________________________________________________________

11. The structure of the TONGUE :

i)
Papillae are tiny ________________________________________________ ii)
The surface of papillae is _________________________________________

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 iii) Each taste bud contains __________________________________________
iv) 5 types of taste receptors :________________________________________
* Umami is classified as a basic taste because there are taste receptors that can only detect umami taste. This is the
same as other basic tastes such as sweet, salty, sour and bitter. Umami taste is related to delicious tastes such as the
taste of meat in soups or the taste of fermented foods such as cheese and mushrooms or monosodium glutamate
(MSG).

12. The function of taste buds :

i) ______________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
iii) ______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

13. The structure of the SKIN:

i) The skin is ____________________________________________________ ii)

The human skin is made up of _____________________________________
______________________________________________________________ iii) 5
types of receptors : c) _______________________ a)
________________________ d) _______________________ b)
________________________ e) ______________________
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14. The function of the receptors in the skin, is
______________________________
___________________________________________________________
_____
___________________________________________________________
_____ HOTS! (KBAT)
How does the skin function as a sense of ‘sight’ for the blind?
___________________________________________________________
_________
___________________________________________________________
_________

DATE:___________________
1.2 STIMULI AND RESPONSES IN HUMANS (PART B)
1. Mechanism of hearing (how do we hear)

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2. Mechanism of sight (how do we see)
3. The factors that affect the sensitivity of skin towards stimuli:
a) __________________________________________
b) __________________________________________
4. i) The tip of the fingers are sensitive towards touch because __________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________ ii)
The tongue, nose and lips are also very sensitive to touch.
iii) The elbow, the sole of the foot and the back of the body are less sensitive to
touch because there are _______ touch receptors and the epidermis is _____.

5. Different areas of the tongue are more sensitive to specific taste.(Label Figure 1.19)
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6. Relationship of human sensory organs with its sensitivity towards combined
stimuli: a) Taste and smell senses:
∙ The nasal cavity and the mouth cavity are connected.
∙ The chemicals in the food stimulate the taste and the smell receptors at
the same time.
∙ HOTS! When a person is having flu, the food that the person taste will be
tasteless. Explain.
__________________________________________________________
b) Hearing and sight senses:
∙ Stereophonic hearing is when both ears are being used to detect sound. ∙
_________ people depend on stereophonic hearing to determine the exact
location of the direction of the sound.
c) Touch and sight senses:
∙ In our daily life, the sensitivity of our touch sense towards the touch stimulus, is
enhanced by our sense of sight.
∙ _________ people depend on their sense of touch, for example to read Braille
codes.
d) Hearing and balance senses:
∙ The semicircular canals in the ear is not involved in the hearing mechanism but
helps the body to maintain balance.

CASE STUDY:
1. The judges in a cooking competition as shown in Photograph 1.12 use several types of senses.
 (a) State the types of senses used by the judges to carry out their evaluation. (b) What
sensory organs are related to the sense of taste?

a) ________________________________________________________________________
b)________________________________________________________________________
_

2. Have you ever carried out the daily activity as shown in Photograph 1.13?
(a) What is the combination of senses used in this activity?
(b) What is the importance of the combination of sensory organs in carrying out this activity? a)
________________________________________________________________________________ b)
________________________________________________________________________________

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7. Audio visuals refers to
_________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________ 8.
Limitations of sight is _________________________________________________ 9.
Types of limitations of sight :
i) cannot see __________________________
ii) cannot see __________________________
iii) O________________________
iv) b________________________
10.

Optical
illusion occurs when ______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
11. We cannot see an image when it falls on the b_____ s____. Image cannot be
seen because the blind spot does not have p_________________.

12. Various devices used to overcome the limitations of sight:

i)___________________________ ii)_________________________________ iii)
__________________________ iv) ________________________________ v)
__________________________

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13. Defects of sight and ways to correct them:
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14. Limitations of hearing are ____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________ 15.
Human sound frequency range : ________________________________________
The ears __________________________________________________________ 16.
Examples of equipments used to overcome limitation of hearing: i)
_____________________________________________________________ ii)
_____________________________________________________________

17. Causes of hearing damage :

i) ____________________________ ii)_______________________________
iii) ___________________________ iv) ______________________________ 18.

DAMAGES WAYS TO CORRECT

 1. Damage outer ear and middle ear

2. Punctured ear drum and

damaged ossicles.

3. Damaged cochlea

4. Damaged auditory nerve

FORMATIVE PRACTICE 1.2

1.

2.
Which structure of the ear, if damaged, will not influence the mechanism of
hearing? _________________________

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3. Where is the sensory cell for smell located?
________________________________________________________________
4. State the five tastes that can be detected by the tongue.
________________________________________________________________
5. State two factors that influence the sensitivity of the skin to stimuli.
________________________________________________________________ 6.
a) State the type of stimulus that can be detected by the tongue.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________ b)
Explain how the stimulus in 6(a) can be detected.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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