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Our Five Senses — Answers

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Our Five Senses — Answers

Part A: The five senses

Read the box. Then circle the best answer.

We have five senses. They help us find out about the world around us.

We see with our eyes. We hear with our ears. We smell with our nose. We taste with our tongue. We touch and feel with our skin.

Animals use their senses too. A dog sniffs with its nose. A cat listens with its ears.

1.Which body part do we use to see?
  1. Aears
  2. Beyes
  3. Cnose
  4. Dtongue

Answer: eyes

We see with our eyes.

2.Which body part do we use to hear?
  1. Aears
  2. Bhands
  3. Ceyes
  4. Dnose

Answer: ears

We hear sounds with our ears.

3.Which body part do we use to smell?
  1. Atongue
  2. Bskin
  3. Cnose
  4. Dears

Answer: nose

We smell with our nose.

4.Which body part do we use to taste?
  1. Aeyes
  2. Bears
  3. Cnose
  4. Dtongue

Answer: tongue

Our tongue tastes food. It can tell sweet, salty and sour.

5.Which sense tells you a rock is hard?
  1. Atouch
  2. Bhearing
  3. Ctaste
  4. Dsmell

Answer: touch

We feel hard, soft, rough and smooth with our skin. That is the sense of touch.

6.Which sense helps you know a bell is ringing?
  1. Asight
  2. Bhearing
  3. Csmell
  4. Dtaste

Answer: hearing

A ringing bell makes a sound. We hear sounds.

Part B: True or false?

Write True or False.

7.We hear with our eyes.

Answer: False

We hear with our ears. We see with our eyes.

8.Our skin can feel hot and cold.

Answer: True

Touch tells us if something is hot, cold, rough or smooth.

9.It is safe to taste anything we find.

Answer: False

Never taste something unless a grown-up says it is safe food.

10.Animals use their senses too.

Answer: True

Animals see, hear, smell, taste and touch to find food and stay safe.

Part C: Match and fill

11.Match each sense to its body part.
  • see
  • hear
  • smell
  • taste
  • touch
  • eyes
  • skin
  • ears
  • tongue
  • nose

Answer: see → eyes; hear → ears; smell → nose; taste → tongue; touch → skin

12.Match each thing to the sense you would use most.
  • a rainbow
  • a drum
  • a flower
  • a soft blanket
  • smell
  • sight
  • touch
  • hearing

Answer: a rainbow → sight; a drum → hearing; a flower → smell; a soft blanket → touch

13.We feel things with our (answer space).

Answer: skin

Also accept: hands or fingers.

14.We have (answer space) senses.

Answer: five

Also accept: 5.

Part D: Working scientifically: a sense hunt

Walk around your home with a grown-up. Look, listen, smell and touch. Only taste food a grown-up gives you. Draw or write what you find.

15.Name one thing you can hear at home.

Model answer: Any sound, e.g. a clock ticking, a dog barking, rain or people talking.

16.Name one thing that feels soft.

Model answer: Any soft thing, e.g. a pillow, a teddy, a blanket or a cat.

17.Name one thing that feels rough.

Model answer: Any rough thing, e.g. tree bark, a brick, sandpaper or a doormat.

18.Pick one thing. Use two senses to tell about it.

Model answer: An orange looks round and orange. It smells sweet.

Success criteria:

  • Names one object
  • Describes it using two different senses (e.g. how it looks and how it smells or feels)
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