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The five senses & body parts
Connect the five human senses to their sensory organs and everyday observations. Review suitability for your learners before teaching.
Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 4-6
The five senses & body parts
Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which sense do you use to feel that sandpaper is rough: touch or smell?
2. Which sense do you use to notice the scent of jasmine flowers in the garden: smell or touch?
3. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
4. What do eyelids and eyelashes help protect your eyes from: dust and bright glare, or loud sounds?
5. Which curved bones form a cage around your chest to protect your heart and lungs: the ribs or the kneecaps?
6. Which sense organ helps us taste whether food is sweet, salty or sour: our tongue or our hands?
7. What do we use to chew food into smaller pieces before swallowing: our teeth or our eyelashes?
8. What works together with your bones to pull and bend your arms and legs: muscles or fingernails?
9. Which sense tells us whether an ice cube is cold and a kitten’s fur is soft: touch (skin) or hearing?
10. Which pair of organs in your chest takes in air when you breathe in: the lungs or the kidneys?
11. Which sense do you use to notice that a drumbeat is loud: hearing or taste?
12. Why is sleep important for growing children every night: the body and brain rest, repair and grow, or it stops bones from growing?
12 questions · Seed 46 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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The five senses & body parts
Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which sense do you use to feel that sandpaper is rough: touch or smell?
TouchRough and smooth textures are felt through the sense of touch.
2. Which sense do you use to notice the scent of jasmine flowers in the garden: smell or touch?
SmellFragrances in the air are detected by the sense of smell.
3. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
WaterClean drinking water keeps cells and organs hydrated.
4. What do eyelids and eyelashes help protect your eyes from: dust and bright glare, or loud sounds?
Dust and bright glareEyelids and eyelashes shield the surface of the eye from dust particles.
5. Which curved bones form a cage around your chest to protect your heart and lungs: the ribs or the kneecaps?
RibsThe ribcage surrounds and shields the heart and lungs.
6. Which sense organ helps us taste whether food is sweet, salty or sour: our tongue or our hands?
TongueTaste buds on the tongue detect sweet, salty, sour, bitter and savoury flavours.
7. What do we use to chew food into smaller pieces before swallowing: our teeth or our eyelashes?
TeethTeeth bite and grind food to begin mechanical digestion.
8. What works together with your bones to pull and bend your arms and legs: muscles or fingernails?
MusclesMuscles contract and pull on bones to make the body move.
9. Which sense tells us whether an ice cube is cold and a kitten’s fur is soft: touch (skin) or hearing?
Touch (skin)Nerve endings in our skin detect temperature, texture and pressure.
10. Which pair of organs in your chest takes in air when you breathe in: the lungs or the kidneys?
LungsOur lungs fill with air so oxygen can pass into the blood.
11. Which sense do you use to notice that a drumbeat is loud: hearing or taste?
HearingLoudness and pitch are detected by the sense of hearing.
12. Why is sleep important for growing children every night: the body and brain rest, repair and grow, or it stops bones from growing?
The body and brain rest, repair and growSleep supports tissue growth, memory consolidation and energy recovery.
12 questions · Seed 46 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 4-6
The five senses & body parts
Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which sense do you use to feel that sandpaper is rough: touch or smell?
2. Which sense do you use to notice the scent of jasmine flowers in the garden: smell or touch?
3. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
4. What do eyelids and eyelashes help protect your eyes from: dust and bright glare, or loud sounds?
5. Which curved bones form a cage around your chest to protect your heart and lungs: the ribs or the kneecaps?
6. Which sense organ helps us taste whether food is sweet, salty or sour: our tongue or our hands?
7. What do we use to chew food into smaller pieces before swallowing: our teeth or our eyelashes?
8. What works together with your bones to pull and bend your arms and legs: muscles or fingernails?
9. Which sense tells us whether an ice cube is cold and a kitten’s fur is soft: touch (skin) or hearing?
10. Which pair of organs in your chest takes in air when you breathe in: the lungs or the kidneys?
11. Which sense do you use to notice that a drumbeat is loud: hearing or taste?
12. Why is sleep important for growing children every night: the body and brain rest, repair and grow, or it stops bones from growing?
12 questions · Seed 46 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 4-6
The five senses & body parts
Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which sense do you use to feel that sandpaper is rough: touch or smell?
TouchRough and smooth textures are felt through the sense of touch.
2. Which sense do you use to notice the scent of jasmine flowers in the garden: smell or touch?
SmellFragrances in the air are detected by the sense of smell.
3. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
WaterClean drinking water keeps cells and organs hydrated.
4. What do eyelids and eyelashes help protect your eyes from: dust and bright glare, or loud sounds?
Dust and bright glareEyelids and eyelashes shield the surface of the eye from dust particles.
5. Which curved bones form a cage around your chest to protect your heart and lungs: the ribs or the kneecaps?
RibsThe ribcage surrounds and shields the heart and lungs.
6. Which sense organ helps us taste whether food is sweet, salty or sour: our tongue or our hands?
TongueTaste buds on the tongue detect sweet, salty, sour, bitter and savoury flavours.
7. What do we use to chew food into smaller pieces before swallowing: our teeth or our eyelashes?
TeethTeeth bite and grind food to begin mechanical digestion.
8. What works together with your bones to pull and bend your arms and legs: muscles or fingernails?
MusclesMuscles contract and pull on bones to make the body move.
9. Which sense tells us whether an ice cube is cold and a kitten’s fur is soft: touch (skin) or hearing?
Touch (skin)Nerve endings in our skin detect temperature, texture and pressure.
10. Which pair of organs in your chest takes in air when you breathe in: the lungs or the kidneys?
LungsOur lungs fill with air so oxygen can pass into the blood.
11. Which sense do you use to notice that a drumbeat is loud: hearing or taste?
HearingLoudness and pitch are detected by the sense of hearing.
12. Why is sleep important for growing children every night: the body and brain rest, repair and grow, or it stops bones from growing?
The body and brain rest, repair and growSleep supports tissue growth, memory consolidation and energy recovery.
12 questions · Seed 46 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification