Sight
What is the sense organ for sight?
the eyes
What is the sense organ for smell?
the nose
What is the sense organ for taste?
the tongue
What is your sense organ for hearing?
ear
What is the sense organ for touch?
your skin
When can we see color best, in the light or in the dark?
in the light
What are the 2 openings to your nose called?
nostrils
What are the nerve-filled bumps on the tongue called?
taste buds
How many bones are there in your middle ear?
3
What are 2 things your skin helps you feel?
Possible answers: pain, pressure, warm/cold, textures
iris
What keeps your nose moist inside?
mucus
What is another name for spit or drool, the liquid that softens food you eat?
saliva
What part of the middle ear vibrates when sound hits it?
the eardrum
What is the outer layer of skin called?
epidermis
What is the black hole that lets light into the eye called?
pupil
What is a danger that smelling could warn you about?
Possible answers: smoke/fire, spoiled food, dirty diaper, etc.
Name 2 of the 4 flavors your tongue can detect.
2 of the following: sweet, salty, sour, bitter
Which nerve carries the message of sound to the brain?
the auditory nerve
What are the tiny holes in your skin called?
pores
What is cool about the image that our eye sees on the retina? Is it backwards, black and white, or upside down?
Upside down
What floats through the air and enters your nose to cause you to smell odors?
odor molecules
Why do things not taste the same when your nose is stuffy?
Because your nose and tongue work together to help you taste
What do we call how noise travels through the air?
Sound waves
Besides your skin, what else on your body is part of the epidermis?