WorksheetsA&P, Monday Bell Ringer, 2.12.18
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Taste is also known as:
a)
Mastication
b)
Gustation
c)
Olfaction
2.
The five basic tastes the tongue can detect
a)
Sweet, Spicy, Sour, Salty, Umami
b)
Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy
c)
Sweet, Bitter, Sour, Salty, Umami
d)
Sweet, Bitter, Spicy, Salty, Umami
3.
Another name for olfaction
a)
Taste
b)
Smell
c)
Touch
d)
Hearing
4.
Which part of your tongue are you using when you taste something sweet
a)
front of your tongue
b)
sides of your tongue
c)
back of your tongue
d)
all of your tongue
5.
If you plug your nose you can't taste your food as well....
a)
true
b)
false
6.
What carries the sensory information from the nose to the brain?
a)
Olfactory bulb
b)
Olfactory nerve
c)
Optic nerve
d)
Thalamus
7.
The small projections on the surface of the tongue are called
a)
otoliths
b)
papillae
c)
taste buds
d)
gustatory hairs
8.
The type of receptor involved in smell and taste is
a)
chemoreceptor
b)
photoreceptor
c)
mechanoreceptor
d)
tastebud
9.
What is the job of the olfactory cells?
a)
To process the different flavors in your tongue
b)
To process smells in your nose
c)
To process light
10.
You can only detect certain tastes in certain areas of the tongue (as shown in the tongue map image).
a)
true
b)
false
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