Five Senses — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. When you eat an apple, which sense tells you it is sweet?
A) Taste
B) Hearing
C) Sight
D) Smell
Taste tells you sweet because the tongue is the taste sense.
2. When mom bakes cookies, which sense tells you they are in the oven from the next room?
A) Taste
B) Smell
C) Touch
D) Sight
Smell carries through the air, so your nose finds them first.
3. At the park, which sense lets you know a bird is singing in a tree?
A) Smell
B) Touch
C) Hearing
D) Taste
Hearing is right because ears pick up the bird's song.
4. Which sense tells you a kitten's fur is very soft?
A) Sight
B) Hearing
C) Smell
D) Touch
Touch is right because skin feels soft, fluffy kitten fur.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Eating popcorn can use taste, smell, and hearing.
Hearing fits because crunchy sounds reach your ears too.
2. At the beach you can see waves and hear them too.
Hear fits because the wave sound goes into your ears.
3. A hot cocoa is sweet to taste and warm to touch.
Touch fits because skin senses warm and cool things.
4. A flower can be pretty to see and nice to smell.
Smell fits because the nose finds flower scents in air.
5. A drum is loud to hear and hard to touch.
Touch fits because skin feels the hard drum surface.