Senses 1
What are the five senses that we learned about in class?
Sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
Which sense can help an animal judge what is safe to eat?
Taste
What is an adaptation?
A change that a living thing goes through so it can better survive in its environment.
What is a structural adaptation? Give a definition and example.
A structural adaptation is a physical feature of an organism that helps it survive.
Examples: webbed feet, long tongues, claws, wings, lungs, etc.
Animals who live in the trees must be good at...
A. Living in the cold
B. Fighting
C. Math
D. Climbing
D. Climbing
Which sense would likely help most animals locate shelter and recognize objects?
Sight
Which sensory organ is used for touch?
Skin/Nerves
What is a behavioral adaptation? Give a definition and one example.
A behavioral adaptation is a behavior that an animal does to survive.
Examples: playing dead, migrating, hibernating, etc.
Give an example of camouflage.
Examples: stripes on a tiger, white color of polar bears, brown color of deer, brown/green colors of frogs/toads, etc.
What adaptation can help both polar bears and whales keep themselves warm in the arctic?
Blubber
Which sensory organ is used for taste?
Tongue
Which sense can help an animal detect the sound of predators?
Hearing.
A nocturnal animal that comes out at night will need...
A. A place to hide
B. Good night vision
C. A flashlight
D. To be brave
B. Good night vision
A tiger hunts by using...
A. Sharp teeth
B. Surprising its prey
C. Long claws
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
How does a giraffe's long neck help it to survive?
A long neck helps the giraffe reach leaves on tall trees to eat.
Which sense would likely help an animal detect odors?
Smell
Which sense would likely help an animal avoid spiky thorns?
Touch
To live in the arctic tundra, an animal would most need...
A. Horns
B. Sharp teeth
C. Thick fur
D. Wings
C. Thick fur
To live in the desert, an animal would most need...
A. Thick fur
B. Hooves
C. Feathers
D. To be able to live without much water
D. To be able to live without much water
How would an animal's sense of sight be adapted to help it hunt for food at night?
The animal would need night vision.
A student places his dog outside and then hides a dog treat inside of a box. When the dog comes back inside, the student sees that the dog found exactly where the treat was hidden. Which answer below best explains how the dog found the treat?
A. Flavor of dog treat --> uses tongue to find treat
B. Scent of dog treat --> uses nose to find treat
C. Color of dog treat --> uses eyes to find treat
D. Sound of dog treat --> uses ears to find treat
B. Scent of dog treat --> uses nose to find treat
A student places some peanut butter in the center of a maze. She then lets her dog run through the maze to try to find the peanut butter. Which two senses would most help the dog find the peanut butter in the maze?
A. Smell and sight
B. Hearing and smell
C. Sight and taste
D. Touch and hearing
A. Smell and sight
A dolphin is a fast swimmer because of which adaptation?
A. Smooth skin
B. A life jacket
C. Swim lessons
D. Sharp teeth
A. Smooth skin
Great white herons (birds) need to walk on tall legs because they live in which environment?
A. The desert
B. The ocean
C. Wetlands (areas of land covered by shallow water)
D. The arctic tundra
C. Wetlands (areas of land covered by shallow water)
How do sharp teeth most likely help animals survive in their environments?
Sharp teeth allow animals to kill their prey and slice meat before eating it.