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Match the receptor type with its stimulus tasting a sweet orange [ Choose ] ther

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Question

Match the receptor type with its stimulus

tasting a sweet orange

      [ Choose ]            thermoreceptors            photoreceptors            mechanoreceptors            proprioceptors            chemoreceptors      

tasting a salty peanut

      [ Choose ]            thermoreceptors            photoreceptors            mechanoreceptors            proprioceptors            chemoreceptors      

smelling a flower

      [ Choose ]            thermoreceptors            photoreceptors            mechanoreceptors            proprioceptors            chemoreceptors      

seeing a computer screen

      [ Choose ]            thermoreceptors            photoreceptors            mechanoreceptors            proprioceptors            chemoreceptors      

feeling warm bath water

      [ Choose ]            thermoreceptors            photoreceptors            mechanoreceptors            proprioceptors            chemoreceptors      

feeling an ice cube

      [ Choose ]            thermoreceptors            photoreceptors            mechanoreceptors            proprioceptors            chemoreceptors      

hearing a favorite song

      [ Choose ]            thermoreceptors            photoreceptors            mechanoreceptors            proprioceptors            chemoreceptors      

feeling a rough surface

      [ Choose ]            thermoreceptors            photoreceptors            mechanoreceptors            proprioceptors            chemoreceptors      

Explanation / Answer

Chemoreceptors help in tasting and smelling. Hence they help in tasting sweet orange, salty peanut and smelling flower. Photoreceptors are located in eye, helps in vision. Hence photoreceptors help in seeing screen. Thermoreceptors regulate temperature, thus feeling warm water and ice cube are examples of it. Proprioceptors are located in ear, hence help in hearing song. Mechanoreceptors are located in skin, hence help in feeling rough surfaces.