11.1
Word
Translation (10 marks)
i Write
down the English terms of the following Chinese terms:
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Chinese
term
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English
term
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1
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腦
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Brain
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2
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探測 / 感應
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Detect
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3
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詮釋
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Interpret
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4
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神經
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Nerve
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5
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感受器
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Receptor
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6
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作出反應
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Respond
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7
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感覺
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Sense
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8
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感覺器官
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Sense organ
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9
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敏感
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Sensitive
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10
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刺激
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Stimuli
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Multiple
Choice
(5 marks)
Circle the letter of
the best answer for each question.
1. To
living things, a change in the surroundings is called a __________________ .
A. sense B. stimulus C. response D. sense organ
2. Which
of the following descriptions about sense organs are correct?
(I) Sense organs contain receptors.
(II) Sense organs can produce senses.
(III) Sense organs can produce signals.
A.
(I) and (II) only B. (I) and (III)
only C. (II) and
(III) only D. (I), (II) and (III)
3. Which of the following is NOT a stimulus
concerned with air that can be detected by humans?
A. temperature
of air B. movement of air
C. vibration
of air D. oxygen concentration of air
4. Which of the following is
important for living things to survive?
(I) find mates (II) find shelters (III) escape from dangers
A. (I) and (II) only B. (I) and (III) only C.
(II) and (III) only D. (I), (II) and
(III)
5. Which of the following is/are a sense
organ(s)?
(I) Skin (II) Brain (III) Tongue
A. (I)
only B. (II) only C. (III) only D. (I) and (III) only
Fill in the Blanks (20 marks)
1
Changes
in the environment are called (1) stiumli. Living things can
(2) detect and (3) respond to them.
2
By
responding to stimuli, living things can find (4) food / shelter / mate and escape from
dangers.
3
We have five different (5) sense organs. For example,
l eye detects (6) light and produces sense of (7) sight;
l ear detects (8) sound and produces sense of (9) hearing;
l nose detects (10) chemicals in air and produces sense of (11) smell;
l (12) Tonge detects chemicals in food
and produces sense of (13) taste;
l (14) Skin detects things in contact with
the skin and produce sense of heat, cold, touch, pain and pressure.
4
Different
sense organs contain special kinds of cells called (15) receptors
which
are (16) sensitive to particular kinds
of stimuli. They detect stimuli and
send
signals to our (17) brain through (18) nerve.
5
The brain (19) interprets signals and gives us
(20) senses.
Challenging
Questions (Bonus 2
marks)
1. A
person has normal eyes but cannot see well. Why?
Even the eye is normal, the person still cannot see well if his nerve
and brain related to the sight has damage.
