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Animal Senses and Survival

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Animals use sensory organs to gather information from outside the body.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What's this sense called?

a)

Hearing

b)

Vision

c)

Touch

3.

What's this sense called?

a)

Smell

b)

Touch

c)

Hearing

4.

What's this sense called?

a)

Hearing

b)

Smell

c)

Taste

5.

What's this sense called?

a)

Taste

b)

Touch

c)

Smell

6.

Animals use their senses to...

a)

find food

b)

run fast

c)

swim in the ocean

d)

sleep a lot

7.
Sense receptors allow animals to
a)
stay warm.
b)
digest food.
c)
detect stimuli.
d)
feel emotions.
8.

REASONS ANIMALS USE THEIR SENSES:

a)

TO SEARCH FOR FOOD

b)

TO PLAY

c)

TO ESCAPE FROM DANGER

d)

BOTH 1 AND 3

9.

The set of organs that uses information from the senses to control all body systems.

a)

Nervous System

b)

Respiratory System

c)

Circulatory System

10.

What do animals do after they receive a stimulus?

a)

throw it away

b)

respond based on the senses triggered

c)

lay down

11.

What does the nervous system do?

a)

make you nervous

b)

pumps blood through the body

c)

makes sense of the stimulus

d)

changes the environment

12.

All senses use these to relay messages to the brain.

a)

Nerves

b)

Centimeters

c)

Stimulus

13.

Which sense of dogs make them useful to investigate a crime ?

a)

sense of hearing

b)

sense of vision

c)

sense of smell

d)

sense of touch

14.

The dragonfly’s ____________ are sensitive to blue light which makes the sky appear very bright.

a)

eyes

b)

wings

c)

legs

15.

Which sense of dogs make them useful to investigate a crime?

a)

sense of vision

b)

sense of touch

c)

sense of smell

d)

sense of hearing

16.

What is an ant's strongest part for sense?

a)

ears

b)

eyes

c)

antennas

d)

tongue

17.

Animals use their _________ to gather information.

a)

senses

b)

memories

c)

survival

d)

specialized

18.

What part of the body processes pain?

a)

skin

b)

brain

c)

memories

d)

blood

19.

Different sense receptors are located in different parts of the body. How might sensory receptors in the nose different from those in other parts of the body?

a)

larger than other kinds of receptors

b)

sensitive to changes in the air

c)

able to send information to the muscles

d)

faster at processing information

20.

Bees can see ultraviolet light, invisible to humans, which allows them to see flowers better. This is an example of. . .

a)

Sight

b)

Hearing

c)

Smell

d)

Touch

e)

Taste

21.

Cats do not have any taste buds for sweet. This is an example of . . .

a)

Sight

b)

Hearing

c)

Smell

d)

Touch

e)

Taste

22.

Cats, dogs, rats, and mice have whiskers. Stiff, specialized hairs that allow them to feel how narrow openings are that they might enter. This is an example of . . .

a)

Sight

b)

Hearing

c)

Smell

d)

Touch

e)

Taste

23.

Bats and dolphins use echolocation. They send out a high-pitched soundwave that bounces off prey which they sense. This is an example of . . .

a)

Sight

b)

Hearing

c)

Smell

d)

Touch

e)

Taste

24.

Many animals do not have eyes, including the blind millipede, the Kentucky cave shrimp, and the darkling beetle. These animals are MISSING which sense?

a)

Sight

b)

Hearing

c)

Smell

d)

Touch

e)

Taste

25.

What are 5 senses?

a)

eye, ear, mouth, nose, hand

b)

sight, hear, taste, smell, touch

c)

look, hearing, eat, nose, touch

d)

sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch

26.

Which of the senses do you use when you pat a cat?

a)

taste

b)

touch

c)

lick

d)

sleep

27.

I know chili is spicy, which sense am I using?

a)

smell

b)

hearing

c)

sight

d)

taste

28.

Which of 5 senses do I use to sniff perfume?

a)

smell

b)

taste

c)

sniff

d)

sight

29.

We use our .............. to detect ............ around us and send messages to the brain.

a)

sense - stimuli

b)

organs - smells

c)

muscles - responses

30.

Order :

a)

stimulus - decision - response

b)

response - decision - stimulus

c)

stimulus - response - decision

31.

Read source 5.

Bats can listen to ___________ to understand their surroundings.

a)

echoes.

b)

chirps.

c)

barks.

d)

whispers.

32.

Read source 5.

Which part of the body interprets the signals created by the ear?

a)

nose.

b)

eye.

c)

brain.

d)

heart.

33.

Eagle has great sense of _________

a)

smell

b)

sight

c)

taste

d)

hearing

34.

After your sensory receptors receive information from the environment..

a)

A response is sent to the correct system.

b)

Information is processed and a response is selected

c)

Information is sent to the brain.

d)

The sense is denied and nothing happens.

35.

The sense organs send information to the brain through the ________________________.

a)

Brain

b)

Nerves

c)

Eyes

d)

Blood