Pre-Check-Super Sniffers-Extreme Explorers- Quiz

What is the primary function of the human sense of smell?

• To hear distant sounds

• To taste food

• To detect and identify odors

• To see in the dark

To hunt, a shark sucks water into its

• gills

• nostrils

• ears

• mouth

What part of the brain is responsible for processing smells?

• Olfactory bulb

• Cerebellum

• Spinal cord

• Frontal lobe

A nasal cavity is a hollow area behind nose?

Hollow means.....

• solid

• soft

• light

• empty

Smell cells pick up _____ in water?

• seaweed

• scents

• fish

• sound

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Smell receptors are______?

• recycle bins

• cells

• smelling salts

• tiny, hair-like parts

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A nasal cavity of a rhinoceros is bigger than its?

• hind leg

• brain

• tail

• nose

The olfactory system is made up of?

• The tip of nerve cells that grab smells

• a specialized cell that collects odor molecule

• the hollow area between the mouth and the brain

• Body parts that work together so an animal can smell

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