Animal senses

Question 1

Dogs are used to find people trapped after earthquakes. Why?

• A. They can see through rubble.
• B. They taste the air.
• C. They can hear radio waves.
• D. Their sense of smell is far stronger than ours.

Question 2

Which special sense does this animal use: butterfly?

• A. tastes with its feet
• B. echolocation: hears echoes of its own squeaks
• C. feels its way with 22 fleshy tentacles on its nose
• D. sees ultraviolet patterns on flowers

Question 3

True or false? All animals have exactly the same five senses as humans.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 4

Engineers copied bat echolocation to build which technology?

• A. solar panels
• B. microwave ovens
• C. light bulbs
• D. sonar on ships and parking sensors on cars

Question 5

Which special sense does this animal use: rattlesnake (pit viper)?

• A. echolocation: hears echoes of its own squeaks
• B. heat-sensing pits that "see" warm prey
• C. senses tiny electric signals from muscles of hidden fish
• D. sees ultraviolet patterns on flowers

Question 6

True or false? Some animals sense things that humans cannot, such as ultraviolet light.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 7

Owls hunt mice at night in the dark. Which sense helps them most?

• A. a sense of electricity
• B. excellent hearing that pinpoints rustling sounds
• C. seeing ultraviolet
• D. taste

Question 8

Which special sense does this animal use: shark?

• A. echolocation: hears echoes of its own squeaks
• B. tastes with its feet
• C. senses tiny electric signals from muscles of hidden fish
• D. feels its way with 22 fleshy tentacles on its nose

Question 9

True or false? Snakes find warm prey using their eyelashes.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 10

Owls hunt mice at night in the dark. Which sense helps them most?

• A. seeing ultraviolet
• B. excellent hearing that pinpoints rustling sounds
• C. taste
• D. a sense of electricity

Question 11

Which special sense does this animal use: bat?

• A. sees ultraviolet patterns on flowers
• B. senses tiny electric signals from muscles of hidden fish
• C. tastes with its feet
• D. echolocation: hears echoes of its own squeaks

Question 12

True or false? Snakes find warm prey using their eyelashes.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 13

Engineers copied bat echolocation to build which technology?

• A. sonar on ships and parking sensors on cars
• B. light bulbs
• C. microwave ovens
• D. solar panels

Question 14

Which special sense does this animal use: honeybee?

• A. sees ultraviolet patterns on flowers
• B. echolocation: hears echoes of its own squeaks
• C. feels its way with 22 fleshy tentacles on its nose
• D. heat-sensing pits that "see" warm prey

Question 15

True or false? Bats are blind and use only smell.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 16

Many deep-sea fish live in total darkness. Which sense would be least useful there?

• A. touch
• B. smell
• C. sensing movement in the water
• D. sight in normal daylight colours