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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 tells us whether an ice cube is cold and a kitten’s fur is soft: touch (skin) or hearing?
3. What hard framework inside your body supports you and protects your organs: the skeleton (bones) or the skin?
4. Which sense do you use to notice that a lemon is yellow: sight or hearing?
5. What do we use to chew food into smaller pieces before swallowing: our teeth or our eyelashes?
6. Which sense do you use to notice the scent of jasmine flowers in the garden: smell or touch?
7. Which sense organ do we use to hear music and birdsong: our ears or our nose?
8. Which pair of organs in your chest takes in air when you breathe in: the lungs or the kidneys?
9. Which sense do you use to tell that ripe mango is sweet: taste or sight?
10. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
11. Which organ inside your head thinks, remembers and sends messages to the rest of your body: the brain or the liver?
12. Which sense organ do we use to see colours and shapes: our eyes or our ears?
12 questions · Seed 48 · 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 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.
3. What hard framework inside your body supports you and protects your organs: the skeleton (bones) or the skin?
Skeleton (bones)Bones form the skeleton that supports the body and protects organs.
4. Which sense do you use to notice that a lemon is yellow: sight or hearing?
SightObserving colour uses the sense of sight.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Which sense organ do we use to hear music and birdsong: our ears or our nose?
EarsOur ears detect sound vibrations in the air.
8. 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.
9. Which sense do you use to tell that ripe mango is sweet: taste or sight?
TasteSweetness is detected by taste buds on the tongue.
10. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
WaterClean drinking water keeps cells and organs hydrated.
11. Which organ inside your head thinks, remembers and sends messages to the rest of your body: the brain or the liver?
BrainThe brain controls thought, memory, senses and movement.
12. 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.
12 questions · Seed 48 · 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 tells us whether an ice cube is cold and a kitten’s fur is soft: touch (skin) or hearing?
3. What hard framework inside your body supports you and protects your organs: the skeleton (bones) or the skin?
4. Which sense do you use to notice that a lemon is yellow: sight or hearing?
5. What do we use to chew food into smaller pieces before swallowing: our teeth or our eyelashes?
6. Which sense do you use to notice the scent of jasmine flowers in the garden: smell or touch?
7. Which sense organ do we use to hear music and birdsong: our ears or our nose?
8. Which pair of organs in your chest takes in air when you breathe in: the lungs or the kidneys?
9. Which sense do you use to tell that ripe mango is sweet: taste or sight?
10. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
11. Which organ inside your head thinks, remembers and sends messages to the rest of your body: the brain or the liver?
12. Which sense organ do we use to see colours and shapes: our eyes or our ears?
12 questions · Seed 48 · 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 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.
3. What hard framework inside your body supports you and protects your organs: the skeleton (bones) or the skin?
Skeleton (bones)Bones form the skeleton that supports the body and protects organs.
4. Which sense do you use to notice that a lemon is yellow: sight or hearing?
SightObserving colour uses the sense of sight.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Which sense organ do we use to hear music and birdsong: our ears or our nose?
EarsOur ears detect sound vibrations in the air.
8. 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.
9. Which sense do you use to tell that ripe mango is sweet: taste or sight?
TasteSweetness is detected by taste buds on the tongue.
10. What clear liquid should we drink plenty of every day to stay hydrated: water or vinegar?
WaterClean drinking water keeps cells and organs hydrated.
11. Which organ inside your head thinks, remembers and sends messages to the rest of your body: the brain or the liver?
BrainThe brain controls thought, memory, senses and movement.
12. 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.
12 questions · Seed 48 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification