JED ELITE (Easter Test)

1. Which statement tells what an organ is?

It is a part of the body that  __________

• a) performs a special function

• b) tells if a person is intelligent

• c) produces music

• d) does nothing special

2) Which best shows the stages in the body of how odour is detected?

• a) brain→nostril→nasal cavity→nerve

• b) nerve→brain→nasal cavity→nostril

• c) nasal cavity→brain→nerve→nostril

• d) nostril→nasal cavity→nerve→brain

3) Which pair of senses would be most useful in helping a blind person to move around safely?

• a) Tasting, smelling

• b) feeling, tasting

• c) hearing, seeing

• d) feeling, hearing

4) The ear is to auditory nerves as the nose is to __________?

• a) nose nerve

• b) smelling nerve

• c) olfactory nerve

• d) cochlea

5)   Which is not a function of the tongue?

• a) To keep the teeth clean

• b) To determine how hot or cold the day is.

• c) To make sounds

• d) To talk

6.  The teddy bear is soft. What sense am I using?   

• a) smell

• b) touch

• c) taste

• d) sight

7) The largest organ of the human body is the_________.

• a) liver

• b) skin

• c) lungs

• d) heart

8) The nostrils are separated by the:

• a) hair

• b) joint

• c) bridge

• d) septum

9) Our skin is sensitive to ________.

• a) pain only.

• b) both touch and sound

• c) temperature only

• d) pressure and temperature

10) Ted fell off his bicycle and bruised his knee. After a few days he noticed that the bruise had healed.  What caused the bruise to heal so quickly?

• a) the weather was cool so he did not sweat

• b) the nerves in his knee were dead

• c) new cells were produced by the epidermis

• d) the oil glands oiled the area