1. What is a super sense? Give examples.
2. Name some animals with the super sense of sight. How does it help
them?
3. What are sniffer dogs? How do they help humans?
4. What is echolocation? Which animals use it? How do they use it?
5. How do animals predict an earthquake before it actually happens?
6. How does the super sense of touch help crocodiles?
7. The sense of taste is said to be most developed in humans. How
does this 'super sense' help humans survive?
8. An animal can have more than one super sense. Justify the statement
by giving examples
Answers
Answer:
1.a sensation perceptible when experiencing analogue products, creating a magic combination of both meanings of SENSE as described above Eg: Mosquitoes have a very powerful sense of smell.
2. If it is a Predator it will help the animal to find the prey from a long distance, If it is Prey it will help the animal to escape from Predators.
3. Sniffer Dogs are dogs which are trained to sniff and locate people, things and places. They help humans to find things and people with their scent.
4. The location of objects by reflected sound, in particular, that used by animals such as dolphins and bats.
5.Animals are able to detect the first of an earthquake's seismic waves—the P-wave, or pressure wave, that arrives in advance of the S-wave, or secondary, shaking wave. This likely explains why animals have been seen snapping to attention, acting confused or running right before the ground starts to shake.
6.The super sense of touch help crocodiles to recognise even sensitive human touch. Explanation: Crocodiles skin is covered with nerve endings that are extensively sensitive to pressure and external vibration. These nerve endings are present in small spotted bumps present on the skin of crocodiles.
7.The sense of taste is our body's gatekeeper, promoting our species' survival by encouraging us to eat things that we need and avoid those that could harm us. Like many other animals, our early ancestors evolved an aversion to bitter flavours, helping to evade plant toxins.
8.An example of an animal that have more than one super sense is - Silvertip Grizzly Bear.
Explanation:
8. The Silvertip Grizzly Bear has a super sense of smelling. It can smell anything that is 18miles away.