Sense of Taste

What words best describe your tongue?

• A muscular organ

• A muscular bone

• A muscular muscle

• A muscular mollusk

Choose the 3 important jobs your tongue does.

• Helps you smell correctly

• Helps you taste food

• Helps you to speak

• Helps jump start the digestive process

• Helps you change flat tires

True or False:

The tongue's flexibility and movability lets us speak.

• True

• False

What 2 body parts work together to turn food into a mash?

• Fingers and toes

• Tongue and cheeks

• Tongue and teeth

• Teeth and Jaws

True or False:

The rough bumpy surface on your tongue are taste buds.

• True

• False

What are 3 tastes that your taste buds can detect?

• Sweet

• Stinky

• Sour

• Burned

• Bitter

True or False:

Your sense of taste and sense of smell have nothing to do with each other.

• True

• False

How many taste buds can be on your tongue

• 1,000,000

• 100,000

• 10,000

• 1,000

What does our body make to moisten food so we can taste it?

• Tears

• Blood

• Mucus

• Saliva

What are the bumps on your tongue called?

• Pupil

• Papillae

• Tongue speed bumps

• Puce