Animal Senses

Which sense detects flavors to help animals determine if the food is poisonous or not?

• hearing

• sight

• smell

• taste

Which sense organ detects scents?

• tongue

• ear

• nose

• eye

Eyes, ears, nose, skin and mouth (tongue) are all examples of ________________.

• plant organs

• digestive organs

• sensory organs

• organs that humans have but animals do not

Last week we used our senses to observe objects. We tasted items, smelled items, and listened to items. What system transferred our observations to our brain?

• respiratory system

• nervous system

• circulatory system

• digestive system

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What do whales use to communicate, locate food and escape danger?

• defense

• echolocation

• learned behaviors

• predators

What adaptation allows an owl to hunt at night?

• night vision

• echolocation

• taste

• magnetic senses

Dogs have 300 million scent sensors an noses that inhale from one direction and exhale another. This is an example of. . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

Bats and dolphins use echolocation. They send out a high-pitched soundwave that bounces off prey which they sense. This is an example of . . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

Animals use ____________ to detect the world around them.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The mantis shrimp has 12 color receptors in it's eyes. Humans only have 3. This is an example of. . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8