Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Sense organs

Sense organs — practice question

The eye functions as a sense organ and is a component of the nervous system.
(a)[2]

Explain why the eye may be described as a sense organ.

(b)[2]

State the two components of the central nervous system.

(c(i))[1]

Place an X on Fig. 5.1 to show the blind spot.

(c(ii))[3]

Table 5.1 gives some of the parts labelled in Fig. 5.1, together with their names and functions. Complete Table 5.1.

(d)[1]

State the names of the two effectors that contract and relax in the pupil reflex.

(e)[3]

Explain why a person cannot focus on distant objects if the suspensory ligaments become permanently overstretched.

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