Understanding Taste and Flavor

What are the tiny bumps on your tongue called that help in tasting?

• Taste buds

• Papillae

• Microvilli

• Flavor molecules

Which of the following is NOT one of the five basic tastes?

• Spicy

• Sweet

• Bitter

• Umami

How does your sense of smell contribute to the perception of flavor?

• By detecting the temperature of the food

• By determining the size of the food

• By receiving chemicals released from the food

• By identifying the color of the food

What happens to the flavor of food when you have a cold?

• It becomes more flavorless

• It becomes sweeter

• It becomes more sour

• It becomes more intense

Why is saliva important in the tasting process?

• It makes the food crunchy

• It changes the color of the food

• It helps dissolve flavor molecules

• It cools down the food