Categories: All - taste - touch - hearing - smell

by Annamaria De Pasquale 8 months ago

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The five senses

Human beings experience the world around them through five primary senses, each of which provides unique information about their environment. Smell allows us to detect scents, ranging from pleasant fragrances to unpleasant odors.

The five senses

The five senses

Senses send messages through receptor cells to our brain, using our nervous system.

Taste

How we taste:

Tongues also have chemical sensors to give a sense of taste.

It tastes like...

List a thing you can taste.

Example: cake, chocolate, pizza

bitter
bad
good
sour
salty
sweet

Add a describing word for that thing.

You can choose from the examples below:

sweetsaltysourgoodbad

Smell

How we smell:

Our noses have sensors that detect chemicals that make up a smell.

It smells like...

List a thing you can smell.

Example: laundry detergent on clothes, perfume, food from the restaurant

stinky
nice

Add a describing word for that thing.

You can choose from the examples below:

nicestinky

Hearing

How we hear:

Our ears have sound sensors in the inner ears.

They also have sensors that work on keeping you balanced and aware of where you are in your environment.

It sounds like...

List a thing you can hear.

Example: clock ticking, birds chirping

loud

Add a describing word for that thing.

You can choose from the examples below:

loudsoft

Sight

How we see:

Our eyes translate light into image signals so the brain can process them.

It looks like...

List a thing you can see.

Example: sunset, picture

little
big
clean
dirty
ugly
pretty

Add a describing word for that thing.

You can choose from the examples below:

prettyuglydirtycleanbiglittle

Touch

How we feel:

The receptors from our skin send touch signals to the brain.

It feels like...

List a thing you can feel.

Example: sand, a fine silk coat, a fluffy teddy bear

dry
wet
hard
soft
smooth
rough
cold
hot

Add a describing word for that thing.

You can choose from the examples below:

hotcoldroughsmoothsofthardwetdry