Animal Senses Quiz

Animals use ____________ to detect the world around them.

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The mantis shrimp has 12 color receptors in it's eyes. Humans only have 3. This is an example of. . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

Dogs have 300 million scent sensors an noses that inhale from one direction and exhale another. This is an example of. . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

Bees can see ultraviolet light, invisible to humans, which allows them to see flowers better. This is an example of. . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Cats do not have any taste buds for sweet. This is an example of . . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Toads gather light at night slowly and get a complete image around them every four seconds. This is an example of . . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

Cats, dogs, rats, and mice have whiskers. Stiff, specialized hairs that allow them to feel how narrow openings are that they might enter. This is an example of . . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Bats and dolphins use echolocation. They send out a high-pitched soundwave that bounces off prey which they sense. This is an example of . . .

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Many animals do not have eyes, including the blind millipede, the Kentucky cave shrimp, and the darkling beetle. These animals are MISSING which sense?

• Sight

• Hearing

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A ___________ is something that an animal can sense that can cause a response.

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