Taste and Smell

Your senses of taste and smell are known as you two ____________ senses.

• Biological

• Special

• Chemical

• Flavor

Smells are processed by the _______________ located in the roof of your nasal passage.

• Olfactory Bulb

• Gustatory Cells

• Sniffing Organ

• Cerbral Cortex

Your sense of smell is closely linked to your emotions and memories because both are connected to the ___________ system in your brain.

• Digestive

• Occulatory

• Limbic

• Gustatory

As the chemicals that cause smells enter your nose, they are dissolved in ________ so that they can be detected by your olfactory receptor cells.

• Acid

• Saliva

• Water

• Mucus

_____________ cells in your taste buds respond to different chemicals in your food to give you your sense of taste

• Olfactory

• Epidermal

• Muscle

• Gustatory

Which of the following is NOT one of the five tastes your tongue can detect?

• Salty

• Sour

• Savory (Umami)

• Soapy

• Sweet

Which of the following does NOT contribute to the flavor of your food?

• Bite Size

• Temperature

• Texture

• Smell

Most of your taste buds are found on the ________ of your tongue

• Edges

• Middle

• Underside

• Tip

True or False: Holding your nose makes it harder to taste your food.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

True or False: Each part of your tongue detects only one specific taste.

• True

• False