1: Which of the following is NOT one of your five senses?
a) Touching
b) Talking
c) Smelling

3: Which of these statements is false?
a) Your tongue does not contain any muscles.
b) Your teeth and tongue mash up your food.
c) Your senses of sight and smell give you information about food.

5: Where are your taste buds?
a) On your teeth
b) On your tongue
c) Inside your gums

7: Which of these statements is false?
a) Tiny hairs on your taste buds detect the flavors in your food.
b) Your taste buds can only detect sweet flavors.
c) Your taste buds can detect five different types of flavors.

9: What type of flavor does meat have?
a) Sweet
b) Bitter
c) Umami

2: What happens inside your mouth when you see
and smell food?
a) Your teeth start chattering.
b) Your tongue gets tied.
c) Your mouth produces saliva.

4: What are the tiny bumps on your tongue called?
a) Papillae
b) Taste cells
c) Goosebumps

6: How many taste buds are on your tongue?
a) About 1,000
b) About 10 million
c) About 10,000

8: Which of these words is not a type of flavor detected
by your tongue?
a) Soupy
b) Umami
c) Sour

10: Look at the foods in this picture.
What type of flavor do they have?
a) Fishy
b) Sweet
c) Salty

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11: How do messages about the taste of your food
reach your brain?
a) They travel through your muscles to your brain.
b) They travel along a pathway of nerve cells to your brain.
c) They travel from your stomach to your brain.

13: Which of these statements is true?
a) Your tongue cannot feel if food is hot.
b) Your tongue can feel if food is rough or smooth.
c) Your tongue cannot feel if food is cold.

14: Which of these activities can harm your sense
of taste?
a) Drinking water
b) Smoking
c) Eating too many different types of food

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12: Which parts of your body work together to
identify a taste?
a) Your taste buds, nose, and brain
b) Your taste buds, stomach, and brain
c) Your lips, taste buds, and nose