Name:___________________________________________

Date:________________________

Lesson 10: Using Senses Test

Sensory organs

behaviors

eyes

sight

food

tongue

skin

ears

birds

nose

Insects

danger
antennas
echo

cats
umami

animals
feet

snakes

butterflies
stingrays

smell

whales

sharks

1. All animals have body parts that get signals from the environment. These
body parts are called __________________________________.
2. Your sensory organs include____________________________,
____________________________, _______________________________,
________________________, and __________________________.
3. Animals respond in certain ways called ________________________________
4. ________________________ helps animals to tell one object or organism from the
other.
5. _________________ and _______________________ have better eyesight than
humans.
6. ___________________________ do not see clearly, but they see colors that
humans do not see.
7. When animals _______________________ they sense tiny bits of materials in the
air.
8. These tiny bits of material are called ___________________. This includes bad
and good smells.
9. Many animals use their sense of smell to avoid___________________,
find__________________, and recognize other ____________________.
10.Insects smell with their _______________________________.
11.Snakes smell with their noses but they also gather odors with their
________________________.
12.Most animals use their sense of ___________________________ to learn what
foods are safe to eat.

13.Taste buds on your tongue detect five flavors that are called
________________________.
14.Many insects taste with their __________________________.
15.Humans and many other animals hear with their __________________________.
16.Fish sense sounds through parts of their ___________________________.
17.Circle one: Birds, cats, and dogs have very good hearing. They can hear
many sounds that humans (CAN / CANNOT) hear.
18.Animals feel pressure, heat, cold, pain, and texture. Texture is

19.____________________ is the sensory organ for touch.

20.Name an animal that has magnetic senses.__________________________________
21.Name an animal that has electric senses.____________________________________
22.Name an animal that has pits._____________________________________
23.Echolocation is when bats make sounds that _____________________ back to
find the location of other animals and insects.
24.Which behavior might an animal use when it senses danger?
A. Eating
B. Hearing
C. Eating
D. Touching
25.What are two ways a rabbit might use its senses to survive?

25.What are the five flavors that are detected in your taste buds?
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