Sensory Organs Multiple Choice Test

What is the job of the sensory organs in your body?

• To help you run faster

• To gather information and send it to the brain

• To digest food

• To make your muscles grow

How does the eye help you see?

• It takes in light and sends signals to the brain

• It bounces sound into the ear

• It creates light so you can see

• It moves your body

What happens inside your ear that helps you hear sounds?

• The ear shines light on sounds

• The ear tastes vibrations

• The ear changes sound vibrations into signals sent to the brain

• The ear smells sound

What are taste buds, and what do they help you do?

• They help you hear better

• They send taste signals to the brain

• They let you see in the dark

• They help you breathe

How does the nose help you smell different things?

• It picks up chemicals in the air and sends signals to the brain

• It blows air into the brain

• It tastes food

• It hears sounds

What does your skin help you feel?

• Pressure, pain, hot, and cold

• Taste and smell

• Light and color

• Music and speech

What important job does the brain do with the information from your senses?

• It helps you sleep longer

• It interprets the information and tells the body how to respond

• It helps your bones grow

• It helps you eat more

What is the difference between motor nerves and sensory nerves?

• Motor nerves carry messages from the brain, sensory nerves carry messages to the brain

• Motor nerves help you smell, sensory nerves help you see

• Motor nerves make you hungry, sensory nerves make you full

• Motor nerves are only in your legs, sensory nerves are only in your hands