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True or False: Our eyes are the same size when we are born that they are today.
True!
(Our eyes are the only part of our body that do not grow with age.)
A. Balance
B. Taste
C. Vision
A. Balance
(Tubes in our ears tell our brain when we are off balance, spinning, etc.)
What other sense helps with taste?
(Your nose and sense of smell help with most of the taste you experience while eating)
Which part of the brain does sense of touch go to?
A. Temporal
B. Frontal
C. Parietal
C. Parietal
How often do scent receptors in your nose regenerate?
A. 1 days
B. 1 week
C. 1 month
C. 1 month
(Your nose regenerates new receptors every 28 days)True or False: Carrots are great for your vision.
TRUE
(Carrots contain large amounts of vitamin A which are important to eye health and preventing blindness.)
True or False: You stop hearing when you are asleep.
False.
(Your brain chooses to ignore noises it hears when sleeping.)
How long is the average tongue?
A. 2 inches
B. 3 inches
C. 4 inches
B. 3 inches
(The average man's tongue is 3.3 inches and the average woman's is 3.1 inches)
True or False: sense of touch is the last sense to develop.
False!
(Sense of touch is the first sense to develop in babies)
Who has the better sense of smell, men or women?
Women!
How long does the average blink last?
A. 100 milliseconds
B. 500 milliseconds
C. 1 second
How long does it take to damage your hearing if you sit next to a loud speaker at a concert?
A. 3 minutes
B. 7 minutes
C. 10 minutes
B. 7 minutes
(Sounds as loud as 120 decibels for this long can seriously damage your hearing.)
Which is not a type of taste?
A. Sweet
B. Salty
C. Bitter
D. Spicy
D. Spicy
(The fourth type of taste is sour)
True or False: Every part of your body has the same amount of touch receptors.
False
(Certain parts of your body have more touch receptors, including your lips, tongue, and finger tips)
True or False: Your nose can get "bored" of smells.
True!
(this is why bakeries and candles smell so good at first, but then don't have a smell after a while.)
What is the most common eye color?
Brown
(Green is the least common)
How fast does sound travel?
A. 130 feet per second
B. 1,130 feet per second
C. 11,130 feet per second
B. 1,130 feet per second
How many taste buds do we have on our tongues?
A. 300
B. 3,000
C. 30,000
B. 3,000
(Taste buds on our tongue send signals to our brain about what we are tasting)
True or False: Sports teams that high five or fist bump more often are more succesful
True
(Studies show that teams how interact with each other more, work better as a team)
True or False: your sense of smell shuts off when you sleep.
True!
(Wake up and smell the coffee is true!!)
The human eye can only see the colors red, blue, and ________.
Green.
(All other colors are a combination of these 3.)
Why do we have earwax?
A. Keeping dirt out
B. Making noises quieter
C. Reminder to clean your ears
A. Keeping dirt out
True or False: You have the same taste buds your whole life.
False
(Taste buds die off and regenerate every 2 weeks or so)
The ability to know what an object is by only touching it is called ________.
A. Stereognosis
B. Dyskinesia
C. Proprioception
A. Stereognosis
People who cannot smell have what's called ________.
A. Anosmia
B. Nosphobia
C. Insomnia
A. Anosmia