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1.1 SENSORY ORGANS

Sensory Organs, Senses and Stimuli (pg. 3-4, 103)

1) Stimuli is _____________________________________________________________
Examples of stimuli are __________________________________________________
2) Sensory Organs is ______________________________________________________

Senses in
humans [pg. 3]

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

Sensory Organs Stimulus/stimuli detected Sense

T
E SENSE OF SIGHT
E SOUND
N
S SENSE OF TOUCH

Response to stimuli (pg. 4)

4) Response is [pg. 103] __________________________________________________________

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

Nerve impulse
Nerve impulse
Stimulus
Brain
Nerve impulse
Response Nerve impulse

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1.2 SENSE OF TOUCH (pg. 5-7)

1) The skin is the sensory organ for touch.

2) The skin can detect changes in ______________________________________________________
3) The skin consists of two main layers, the _____________________ and the __________________
4) The epidermis is ________________________________________________________________
5) The dermis _____________________________________________________________________
6)

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 ]

PMR3.PRACTICE!
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
2. The sensory receptors 1. Which of the following
that are not present in substances cannot be
the skin are the detected by the receptors
A Heat receptors on the tongue?
B Pressure receptors A Salt
C Touch receptors B Sugar 3
D Sweat receptors C Chili
D Vinegar
1.3 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
Brain
the air

HOMEWORK : PLEASE DO CHECKPOINT 1.3 [pg. 9]

PMR PRACTICE!
6. Why does a person with
a cold find his food
tasteless?
A He is too tired and sleepy.
B His medicine causes this
side effect
C His sense of sight is
effected by his cold
D His sense of smell is
affected by his cold. The
sense of smell helps the
sense of taste.
5. The mucous layer in the
walls of the nasal cavity
A Contains the smell
receptors
B Dissolves the chemicals
that carry the smell
C Transmits the impulses to
4. The part labeled as P is the brain
the D Blocks the flow of air in
A Nostril the nasal cavity
B Mucous layer 4
C Nasal cavity
D Nerve
1.4 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

Epithelial
pore

6) Our ___________________ improves our ______________________

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

Chemicals in
Brain
the food

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
sense of smell. He is unable to
PMR PRACTICE! 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
8. D The nerve connecting the taste
Sea Ice Lime juice buds to the brain is damaged
water cream
A P Q S
B P Q R 5
C Q P R
D S Q P
1.5 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)

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 HOW DO WE HEAR?

Ear
Pinna

Brain

PMR PRACTICE!
9) & 10)

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1.6 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)
(n) (m)

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(o)
8) State the function of each part of the structure of human eye.
Structure Function
Retina
Choroid
Sclera
Iris

Ciliary body

Lens

Optic nerve

Conjunctiva

Cornea

Aqueous humour

Vitreous humour

Suspensory ligaments
Yellow spot

Blind spot

Pupil

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 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 b) normal
incident incident incident incident
ray ray ray ray
60o
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

DOA AGAR BERJAYA DLM

PELAJARAN DAN MENGEJAR CITA-CITA:

“Ya Tuhan kami! Kurniakanlah kami rahmat dari

sisiMu, dan sediakanlah petunjuk untuk kami
dalam menyelesaikan urusan kami.”

DEFECTS OF VISION AND CORRECTIVE

MEASURES

LONG-SIGHTEDNESS SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS

a) Person can see _________________________ a) Person can see _________________________

_____________________________________ _____________________________________
b) Light from ____________________________ b) Light from ____________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
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 c) This is either because ___________________ c) This is either because ___________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________

Can be corrected by using ______________ lens 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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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) Sound are produced by ________________________
2) Sound needs a ___________ to travel.
3) Sound can travel through ____________, _____________ and ________________
4) When sound hits a surface, it can be _______________ or ________________.
5) ____________ and ___________________ like walls are good reflectors of sound.
6) ____________ and ___________________ like curtains are good absorbers of sound.
7) 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) Tropism is ______________________________________________________________________
2) When the part of the plant grows towards the stimulus, it is called _________________________
3) When the part of the plant grows away from the stimulus, it is called _______________________
4) Tropism responses include:

Type of tropism Stimulus Response (+/-)

Light

Gravity

Water

Touch

Touch

PMR PRACTICE! no. 20

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1.10 SUMMARY CHART

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