Chapter 4 Crossword
Across
- 3. taste and smell need this type of stimulus
- 4. method of distinguishing sensory stimuli
- 6. the weakest amount of a stimulus that can be detected
- 9. how high or low a sound is measured
- 11. located in the retina; captures wavelengths and sends them to the optic nerve
- 13. a thin membrane on the outer ear that vibrates to receive sound waves
- 15. Vision and hearing both require what kind of stimulus
- 16. This could happen when there is damage to the cones
- 17. parts of eye that is sensitive only to brightness of light
- 19. This acts as the projector of the eye
- 20. a person's sense of balance which is inside the inner ear
- 21. a complementary color is created if you stare at a color too long
- 22. psychological process of how we interpret information
- 24. anything that causes a reaction
- 25. sense informs people about position and motion
- 26. stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information
- 27. must be present in order to have vision
Down
- 1. a bony tube that transmits information to the nerve responsible for hearing
- 2. theory of the minimum amount of difference that can be detected between 2 stimuli
- 5. determined by height, or amplitude, of sound waves
- 7. we become less sensitive to unchanging stimuli
- 8. part of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye
- 10. damage to the middle ear could lead to this type of deafness
- 12. opening in the eye that allows light to enter
- 14. damage to the inner ear could lead to this type of deafness
- 18. parts of eye that perceives color
- 23. adjusts to the distance of objects by changing its thickness
- 26. This is the smallest bone in the human body