More about taste and touch | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

True or false? Humans have three senses.
- True
- False ✓
Which of these is a sense?
- sight ✓
- nose
- ears
What does a human's nose help them to do?
- identify sights
- identify sounds
- identify smells ✓
Which body part helps a human to identify sounds?
- eyes
- ears ✓
- nose
Which sense does a human use to see smoke from a fire?
- sight ✓
- hearing
- smell
When we compare things we ask two questions, what is the same and what is ...
- green?
- big?
- different? ✓
- new?

Exit quiz

Which body part do humans use to identify tastes?
- eyes
- tongue ✓
- nose
Which body part do humans use for the sense of touch?
- skin ✓
- lungs
- heart
Which of these is a human sense?
- sight ✓
- skin
- nose
Andeep wears an eye mask and puts his hand into a feely box. Which sense is he using?
- taste
- touch ✓
- sight
True or false? Humans can only use one sense at a time.
- True
- False ✓
Why do humans have senses?
- so they can run fast
- so they can draw pictures
- so they can explore the world around them ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

There are five basic senses in humans: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
Humans can use their senses to explore the world around them.
Humans use their tongue to identify taste.
Humans use their skin to identify touch.
We often use our other senses when touching and tasting.

Common misconception

A lot of people think we only touch with our hands rather than our skin. Also, that we only ever use one sense at a time.

Examples including touching with other parts of the body such as feet, or touching an arm against a cold metal table leg and feeling the difference in temperature.

Keywords

Senses - Humans and animals use their senses to detect what is happening around them.
Touch - Touch is the ability to feel things. We use our skin to touch.
Taste - Taste is the ability to taste things. We use our tongue to taste.
Tongue - The tongue is the body part with which we taste. A human's tongue is in its mouth.
Skin - The skin is the body part with which we feel. Skin covers the bodies of animals.