What are taste buds?
What are the five senses?
Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, and Savory
How do taste buds send signals to the brain?
Through nerves.
What happens when you chew food?
Tiny scent molecules travel up the back of your throat to your nose.
What image was on slide 2?
A tongue.
What color is Daphne’s dress on Scooby-Doo?
Purple
What is the definition for taste buds?
Tiny sensory organs on your tongue.
What happens when you eat?
Tiny chemicals from the food mix with your saliva.
What is it called when tiny scent molecules travel up the back of your throat to your nose.
It is called retronasal smell.
What image was on slide 3?
The one with all the tastes on the tongue.
In what year was the first Apple iPhone released?
2007
What are inside taste buds?
Special receptor cells that can detect different types of tastes.
What happens when tiny chemicals from the food mix with your saliva.
The chemicals touch the receptor cells inside your taste buds.
Your brain blends the signals from your taste buds and your nose to create a. . .
Full flavor experience.
What image was on slide 4?
A brain.
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
What happens when you eat something?
The cells send signals to your brain so you can recognize flavors.
What do the receptor cells do?
The receptor cells create a small electrical signal.
What happens when you have a stuffy nose?
Your food tastes bland.
What image was on slide 6?
A tongue.
What is the most popular emoji on social media?
The ✨ Sparkles emoji.
What was in the parenthesis?
And in other parts of your mouth.
What does the electrical signal do?
The signal travels through special nerves in your face and mouth to your brain. Your brain interprets the signal as sweet, salty, sour, bitter, or savory.
What was the example?
When you eat a strawberry it tastes sweet, but its unique “strawberry” flavor mostly comes from your sense of smell. OR when you eat a strawberry
What images were on slide 5?
The one with a nose and a strawberry
What animal is known by the nickname "sea cow"?
The Manatee