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body systems 5 senses

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the body part that my earring is hanging on?

a)

pintrest

b)

pinna

c)

pine tree

d)

inner ear

2.

Where on the tongue do we taste salty things?

a)

back near my throat

b)

tip of tongue

c)

side of tongue near front

d)

side of tongue near back

3.

This cute puppy used his olfactory bulb to find this pretzel. What is that?

a)

area in nose that collects smells and send them to the brain

b)

his ears

c)

his salty taste buds

d)

his cornea

4.

What are those black spots in my eyes????

a)

pinna

b)

irises

c)

pupils

d)

corneas

5.

Choose which two sense organs you could use to know how these gourds are different or alike. Pretend that you get to have them in your hands. They are NOT edible!

a)

ears and nose

b)

touch receptors and eyes

c)

eyes and tongue

d)

ears and pressure receptors

6.

Happy kitty wants you to pet him. What receptors should you use to know you are gently petting the kitty's head?

a)

pain receptors

b)

pressure receptors

c)

touch receptors

d)

temperature receptors

7.

What senses would I use to figure out what that is on my nose?

a)

none, just run and scream

b)

heart rate, pulse, smell

c)

touch sight smell

d)

hearing tasting smell

8.

Bad kitty bit you! How did your brain find out that it hurt?

a)

touch receptors

b)

pressure receptors

c)

temperature receptors

d)

pain receptors (nociceptors)

9.

Crazy kitty has an outer ear. What is the name of the part that goes from the outside to the eardrum?

a)

auditory canal

b)

Erie canal

c)

auditory river

d)

middle ear

10.

If I am pushing the camera away from me, and pushing hard, which receptors am I using?

a)

pain receptors

b)

pressure receptors

c)

touch receptors

d)

temperature receptors

11.

I am wearing my hat over the back of my head. What sense is processed in the brain just below my hat?

a)

smell

b)

taste

c)

touch

d)

sight

12.

Which part of his eyes is this scary candle man missing?

a)

iris

b)

inner ear

c)

tastebud

d)

olfactory bulb

13.

How did my nose get so big? What is the name of the open spaces behind my nose?

a)

sign ups

b)

sighs

c)

sinus

d)

sidecars

14.

If the food in this puppy's mouth was a pretzel shaped donut, which part of his tongue would notice the sweetness?

a)

back of the tongue

b)

sides toward the back

c)

sides toward the front

d)

tip of the tonue

15.

Where in your brain would you process this picture your eyes see? Is it worms or fingers in the pretend blood?

a)

front of brain behind your nose

b)

side of brain behind the ears

c)

back of the brain just above your neck

d)

top back area of brain

16.

If the writing wasn't so tiny, which sense would you be using to read this?

a)

hearing

b)

touching

c)

smelling

d)

seeing

17.

This is bacterial growth from a science fair project last year. We could not open the dishes because, even close, they had a bad odor. Which sense did we use to know this?

a)

sight

b)

hearing

c)

smell

d)

taste

18.

Which group of terms belong to the eyes?

a)

cochlea, middle ear, semicircular canals

b)

cornea, lens, retina

c)

nociceptor, pressure receptor, temperature receptor

d)

olfactory bulb, sinus, nose hairs

19.

What color are my irises?

a)

black, its the black spot in the middle

b)

brown

c)

blue, its the colored part around the pupil

d)

clear, no color at all

20.

If this were a real skull, what type of tissue would it be made of?

a)

bone tissue

b)

sinus tissue

c)

heart tissue

d)

kleenex tissue

21.

Can you see the pink on one skirt? This is because the light bounces off the picture to the lining of the back of your eyeball. What is that called?

a)

cornea

b)

pupil

c)

retina

d)

iris

22.

Oh look! A mermaid! If I walked past her trunk or treat car and heard bubbles and water, where in the brain would I be processing that noise?

a)

right behind the nose

b)

right under the nose area

c)

right behind the teeth

d)

right behind the ears

23.

Woody is handing out candy! But what if you had to take a medicine pill before you could eat the candy? And what if it got stuck in your mouth and it tasted really bitter??? Where would you taste bitter?

a)

tip of your tongue

b)

sides near the back

c)

back of the tongue

d)

sides near the front

24.

Which way is up? Which part of your ear tells you when you are sitting up and makes you dizzy if it gets shaken around?

a)

cochlea

b)

semicircular canals

c)

semitriangluar canals

d)

the dizzy spot

25.

Which sense helped you decide which answers to choose on this test?

a)

smell

b)

taste

c)

hear

d)

see