WorksheetsScience GTEP Reviewer: Tongue and Skin
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins
What sense organ is responsible for your sense of touch?
(a)
What is the largest organ in the human body?
(a)
Which of the following is NOT true about our skin?
not waterproof
expandable
easily repaired
repairs itself
(a) is a thin layer of cells and tissues that covers the body.
Which of the following is NOT true about our skin?
protects the body from dirt and germs
guards the muscles and organs inside the body
controls body height and weight
allows you to feel different sensations
TRUE or FALSE: The skin is made up of layers like epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue.
True
False
What is the process of making new cells to replace the old, dead skin cells?
(a)
What is the outermost layer of the skin?
(a)
What layer of the skin protects the body from germs, chemicals, and other dangers in the air?
(a)
What is the layer below the epidermis?
(a)
What causes the hair to stand up?
arrector pili muscles
upper hair muscles
lower hair muscles
The nerve endings are part of the dermis. What does it do to our skin?
The nerve endings help you move around.
The nerve endings help you feel things like pain or heat.
The nerve endings help you feel smoothness and roughness of things.
What layer of the skin consists of connective tissues, blood vessels, hair components, nerves, arrector pili muscles, and glands?
(a)
What is the innermost layer of the skin?
(a)
TRUE or FALSE: The subcutaneous tissue is made up of different kinds of tissues like adipose or fatty tissue.
True
False
What part or layer of the skin connects the skin to muscles and bones, regulates body temperature, and stores fat cells?
(a)
What part or layer of the skin is this?
(a)
What part or layer of the skin is this?
(a)
What part or layer of the skin is this?
(a)
What part or layer of the skin produces sweat and oil?
(a)
What are responsible for the release of water and few amount of salt?
(a)
Fill in the blank: (a) release sebum or oil.
TRUE or FALSE: The sebum or oil being produced by sebaceous glands make our skin dry.
True
False
What pigment contributes to your skin color?
(a)
TRUE or FALSE: Less melanin is found in humans with dark complexion.
True
False
How many parts or layers are there in our skin?
3
4
5
0
TRUE or FALSE: Hair and nails are known as skin derivatives.
True
False
Which part of the skin does hair develop?
(a)
What is thr thickest layer of the skin?
(a)
Which of the following is NOT found in the dermis layer of the skin?
blood vessel
sweat gland
connective tissue
melanin
Which of the following is NOT part of the skin?
dermis
epidermis
human hair and nails
subcutaneous tissue
Jam has a fair complexion compared to her other siblings. Why does she have fair complexion?
She has more melanin than her siblings.
She has less melanin than her siblings.
She has more hair than her siblings.
She has less hair than her siblings.
Which of the following is TRUE about lanugo hair?
Lanugo hair is typically found in children.
Lanugo is hair which is long and black.
Lanugo is normally short and fine hair.
Lanugo is hair found in newborn babies.
What is the sense organ for taste?
(a)
TRUE or FALSE: The tongue is weak muscular organ but lets you taste the food you eat.
True
False
Which of the following is NOT true about our tongue?
helps you taste one type of food
helps position the food
allows you to speak and talk
strong muscular organ
How many sections are there in the tongue?
1
2
3
4
TRUE or FALSE: The tongue is divided into two sections namely the anterior and posterior surfaces.
True
False
Fill in the blank: The (a) surface is the front two-thirds of your tongue.
What section or surface of the tongue covers one-third of your tongue and is located near the back of your throat?
(a)
TRUE or FALSE: The anterior surface is makes one-third of the tongue and can be seen near at the back of the throat.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE: The anterior surface is the part of your tongue that can move, and the part that contains the taste buds.
True
False
Fill in the blank: Taste buds are also called (a) .
TRUE or FALSE: There are no tiny bumbs on our tongue.
True
False
What do you call the tiny bumps which are enlargements found on the surface of the tongue?
anterior
posterior
papillae
TRUE or FALSE: Inside the papilla are sensory structures that distinguish the taste of the food.
True
False
What do you call the sensory sturctures that distinguish the taste of the food?
taste buds
anterior
posterior
papillae
TRUE or FALSE: The taste buds are all over your tongue and other parts of the mouth.
True
False
What do you call this part of the tongue?
(a)
What do you call this part of the tongue?
(a)
What do you call this part of the tongue?
(a)
What do you call this part of the tongue?
(a)
What do you call this part of the tongue?
(a)
What do you call this part of the tongue?
(a)
What do you call the specialized cells in the taste buds?
(a)
TRUE or FALSE: Each taste receptor is useful in identifying the different flavors of food.
True
False
What are the hairlike extensions found in each taste receptor?
(a)
How many types of tastes can be detected by the taste buds?
4
5
6
7
TRUE or FALSE: The five types of tastes are sour, sweet, bitter, salty, and umami.
True
False
What type of taste means "a savory taste" in Japanese?
(a)
Umami is a Japanese word which means _____________.
yummy taste
bitter taste
savory taste
no taste
Which of the following is NOT correct about how people taste food?
When you eat, your tongue moves the food around your mouth so you can taste the food and chew it easily.
When the food is chewed by the teeth through crushing, saliva hardens the food and does not help in breaking down the food into smaller pieces.
Taste buds help the person taste the food that you are eating.
Taste receptors, found in the taste buds help you in identifying food.
What part of the tongue send messages to the brain about the taste of the food?
taste buds
taste receptors
papillae
anterior
Fill in the blank:
taste buds: responsible for the sense of taste
taste receptors: ______________
help in chewing the food
help in blurting out the food
help in identifying the food
Which of the following is NOT correct about the tongue?
positioning the food for swallowing
regulating blood
helps in chewing food
helps in speaking
TRUE or FALSE: The posterior surface is the part of the tongue that contains the papillae, and the taste buds.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE: Taste receptors are found in the surface of the mouth.
True
False
What helps in breaking down the food that you eat?
(a)
Which of the following best describes the characteristics of the anterior surface of the tongue?
the surface that makes up one-third of your tongue
the part of your tongue that can move
the surface that is located near the back of your throat
none of the above
Which of the following best describes the characteristics of the posterior surface of the tongue?
the part of your tongue that can move
the surface that is located near the back of your throat
none of the above
the surface that makes up two-thirds of your tongue
