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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 notice that a lemon is yellow: sight or hearing?
2. What do eyelids and eyelashes help protect your eyes from: dust and bright glare, or loud sounds?
3. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
4. Why do we wash our hands with soap and water before eating: to remove germs and dirt, or to make our hands heavier?
5. Which sense organ do we use to see colours and shapes: our eyes or our ears?
6. Which sense do you use to notice that a drumbeat is loud: hearing or taste?
7. What works together with your bones to pull and bend your arms and legs: muscles or fingernails?
8. Which joint in the middle of your arm bends when you bring food to your mouth: the elbow or the ankle?
9. Which sense tells us whether an ice cube is cold and a kitten’s fur is soft: touch (skin) or hearing?
10. Which sense do you use to tell that ripe mango is sweet: taste or sight?
11. Why is sleep important for growing children every night: the body and brain rest, repair and grow, or it stops bones from growing?
12. What do we use to chew food into smaller pieces before swallowing: our teeth or our eyelashes?
12 questions · Seed 47 · 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 notice that a lemon is yellow: sight or hearing?
SightObserving colour uses the sense of sight.
2. 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.
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. Why do we wash our hands with soap and water before eating: to remove germs and dirt, or to make our hands heavier?
To remove germs and dirtSoap and clean water wash away microbes that can cause illness.
5. Which sense organ do we use to see colours and shapes: our eyes or our ears?
EyesOur eyes detect light so we can see colours, shapes and movement.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Which joint in the middle of your arm bends when you bring food to your mouth: the elbow or the ankle?
ElbowThe elbow is the hinge joint in the middle of the arm.
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 sense do you use to tell that ripe mango is sweet: taste or sight?
TasteSweetness is detected by taste buds on the tongue.
11. 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. 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.
12 questions · Seed 47 · 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 notice that a lemon is yellow: sight or hearing?
2. What do eyelids and eyelashes help protect your eyes from: dust and bright glare, or loud sounds?
3. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
4. Why do we wash our hands with soap and water before eating: to remove germs and dirt, or to make our hands heavier?
5. Which sense organ do we use to see colours and shapes: our eyes or our ears?
6. Which sense do you use to notice that a drumbeat is loud: hearing or taste?
7. What works together with your bones to pull and bend your arms and legs: muscles or fingernails?
8. Which joint in the middle of your arm bends when you bring food to your mouth: the elbow or the ankle?
9. Which sense tells us whether an ice cube is cold and a kitten’s fur is soft: touch (skin) or hearing?
10. Which sense do you use to tell that ripe mango is sweet: taste or sight?
11. Why is sleep important for growing children every night: the body and brain rest, repair and grow, or it stops bones from growing?
12. What do we use to chew food into smaller pieces before swallowing: our teeth or our eyelashes?
12 questions · Seed 47 · 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 notice that a lemon is yellow: sight or hearing?
SightObserving colour uses the sense of sight.
2. 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.
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. Why do we wash our hands with soap and water before eating: to remove germs and dirt, or to make our hands heavier?
To remove germs and dirtSoap and clean water wash away microbes that can cause illness.
5. Which sense organ do we use to see colours and shapes: our eyes or our ears?
EyesOur eyes detect light so we can see colours, shapes and movement.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Which joint in the middle of your arm bends when you bring food to your mouth: the elbow or the ankle?
ElbowThe elbow is the hinge joint in the middle of the arm.
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 sense do you use to tell that ripe mango is sweet: taste or sight?
TasteSweetness is detected by taste buds on the tongue.
11. 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. 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.
12 questions · Seed 47 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification