The Senses

All the senses are connected to your...

• stomach

• bones

• muscles

• brain

What are the organs of sight?

• Ears

• Nose

• Eyes

• Tongue

A __________ is a cell in a sensory organ (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or skin) that is sensitive to a particular sense.

• sensory organ

• supertaster

• papillae

• receptor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

____________ send in information to your brain to help you understand and discover the world around you.

• Receptors

• Tastebuds

• Sensory Organs

• Neurons

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The ___________ are round bumps on the top of your tongue that often contain taste buds.

• neurons

• papillae

• sensory organs

• pancreatic bugs

A ___________ is a nerve cell which tells the brain what you sense as you touch or get touched by something.

• papillae

• neuron

• electron

• receptor

Bees have taste sensors on the tips of their _______, on their tongues, and on their front feet!

• eyes

• heads

• backs

• antennae

The ___________ smell receptors in your nose interact with your taste buds to communicate with your brain and complete your eating experience.

• neurotic

• olfactory

• digestive

• nervous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

____________ are sensory receptors that are found on your tongue that let you experience sweet, salty, sour, and bitter foods.

• Tastebuds

• Tastecells

• Tastenerves

• Tastebugs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Supertasters are people with heightened sense of taste, particularly with bitter foods.

• TRUE

• FALSE