How Do We Sense Taste?

Question 1

Your answer	Choice
	It helped them avoid harmful foods and find foods with lots of energy
	It helped them find foods rich in energy
	It helped them avoid foods that might hurt them
	It wasn’t; it was only useful to help them enjoy eating

Question 2

Your answer	Choice
	Foliation
	Gustation
	Temptation
	Tastebud

Question 3

Your answer	Choice
	Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Earthy
	Sweet, Salty, Acidic, Butter, Yummy
	Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Umami

Question 4

Your answer	Choice
	Because they program our tastebuds
	Because they are also usually high in salts, which our bodies need
	Because they result in the release of dopamine, a molecule that affects the reward center of the brain
	All of these options

Question 5

Smell does not affect taste.

Your answer	Choice
	True
	False

Question 6

Your answer	Choice
	Because of chemicals your food releases into the air as you eat it
	Because nerves in the brain connect your taste cells to your nasal cavity and glands in the eyes
	All of these options
	Because you inhale some of the chemicals in the food into your lungs

Question 7

You have taste receptor cells in your pancreas.

Your answer	Choice
	True
	False

Question 8

Your answer	Choice
	Injury to your tissue that makes saliva
	Levels of the chemical zinc that are too low
	All of these options
	Injury to a nerve involved in sending taste signals