BASIC 5 SCIENCE QUESTION 2

STRAND 1: DIVERSITY OF MATTER

SUB-STRAND 1: LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS

CONTENT STANDARD 1: Understanding the physical features and life processes of living things and use this understanding to classify them.

INDICATOR 1: Know the life processes of living things (growth, sensitivity to the environment, respiration and excretion)

Now answer the following questions;

1. Human beings have ______ sense organs.

2. List the sense organs of human beings.

3. State the functions of the sense organs mentioned in question 2.

4. Which of these plants is sensitive to touch?

A. Mango        

B. Mimosa        

C. Sunflower

5. Which of these plants is sensitive to light?

A. Sunflower

B. Mimosa

C. Rose

1. Human beings have five sense organs.

2. List the sense organs of human beings.

(A). Eyes

(B). Ears

(C). Nose

(D). Tongue

(E). Skin

3. State the functions of the sense organs mentioned in question 2.

(A). EYES: The eyes are for seeing.

(B). EARS: The ears are for hearing

(C). NOSE: The nose is for smelling.

(D). TONGUE: The tongue is for tasting

(E). SKIN: The skin is used to feel and detect the hotness and coldness of something.

4. Which of these plants is sensitive to touch?

A. Mango        

B. Mimosa        

C. Sunflower

5. Which of these plants is sensitive to light?

A. Sunflower

B. Mimosa

C. Rose