Test: From Tasting To Digesting MCQ - 1 - Class 5 MCQ

• Glucose drip is the right answer.
• Glucose is a type of sugar that our bodies need for energy.
• When someone is very sick and doesn't have enough energy, doctors give them a glucose drip. This is a special liquid that goes into their blood to quickly give them energy.
• It helps the body work properly, especially if the person has low sugar levels in their blood or is very dehydrated (which means they don't have enough water in their body).

In your mouth, you have tiny things called taste buds on your tongue. These taste buds can help you know if something is sweet, salty, sour, or bitter. So, it's true that the taste buds on your tongue can help you identify different flavors.

If you have a cold and your nose is blocked, it becomes difficult to identify the taste of food. This is because the sense of taste is closely linked to the sense of smell, and a blocked nose reduces the ability to detect flavors.

• Chewing food well before swallowing helps our body to digest the food properly.
• When we chew our food, it breaks down into smaller pieces so that our stomach can easily digest it.
• This way, our body can use all the good things in the food to make us strong and healthy.
• So, remember to chew your food well to keep your tummy happy and healthy!

• When we chew food, it mixes with saliva in our mouth.
• Chewing food a lot helps to break it down into smaller pieces which makes it easier for our stomach to digest.
• This can sometimes make the taste change because the food gets mixed more with our saliva.
• So, it's true that chewing food more than thirty times can change its taste!

• Saliva is the watery liquid in our mouth.
• When we eat, saliva mixes with the food to make it soft and easy to swallow.
• Saliva also has special chemicals called enzymes that start breaking down the food into smaller pieces, making it easier for our stomach to digest.
• This is why our mouth feels wet and food becomes softer when we chew.

• No, because there are no taste buds under the tongue is the right answer.
• Taste buds are tiny bumps on the surface of our tongue that help us taste food.
• Most of our taste buds are on the top surface of our tongue, not underneath.
• So, if you put food under your tongue, you won't taste it the same way as when it’s on the top of your tongue.
• This is why we use the top of our tongue to enjoy the flavors of our food.

• False is the right answer.
• We do not taste sour foods with the back end of our tongue.
• Different parts of our tongue help us taste different flavors.
• The sides of our tongue are more sensitive to sour tastes, while the back of our tongue is better at tasting bitter flavors.
• So, when we eat something sour like a lemon, we mainly use the sides of our tongue to taste it.