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Senses Pre-assessment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Sight

b)

Hearing

c)

Smell

d)

Touch

e)

Taste

2.

_____________ tell animals what they need to know about the environment.

a)

internal organs

b)

response

c)

senses

d)

behaviors

3.

Which sense organ allows animals to receive vibrations and detect sound?

a)

skin

b)

nose

c)

ears

d)

mouth

4.

An owl can spot an object from a far off distance. How does the sense of sight help an owl?

a)

It helps it hear other animals

b)

It helps it hunt prey

c)

It helps it taste the object

d)

It helps it smell danger.

5.

Eyes, ears, nose, skin and mouth (tongue) are all examples of ________________.

a)

plant organs

b)

digestive organs

c)

sensory organs

d)

organs that humans have but animals do not

6.

_____________ tell animals what they need to know about the environment. (Hint: The answer is not part of the body! It's what the body part receives as information in the environment.)

a)

sensory organs

b)

response

c)

senses

d)

behaviors

7.

After changes are detected, the organism responds with certain __________________.

a)

sensory organs

b)

response

c)

senses

d)

behaviors

8.

A behavior is a ____________________ to a change in the environment.

a)

sensory organs

b)

response

c)

senses

d)

behaviors

9.

__________________ are any part of the body that receives signals from the environment.

a)

sensory organs

b)

response

c)

senses

d)

behaviors

10.

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

11.

What is a grizzly bear's strongest sense?

a)

Taste

b)

Hearing

c)

Sight

d)

Smell

12.

What is an ant's strongest sense?

a)

taste

b)

touch

c)

sight

d)

hearing

13.

What is a Butterfly's strongest sense?

a)

touch

b)

sight

c)

taste

d)

smell

14.

What is an Elephant's strongest sense?

a)

smell

b)

touch

c)

hearing

d)

sight

15.

What is a Dog's strongest sense?

a)

hearing

b)

smell

c)

taste

d)

sight