Odor Recognition

The five senses...

Pre-Lab
Purpose= The purpose of this lab is to see how good your nose is with sense of smell.
Procedure Summary = We were both blind folded and we both smelt different types of food.

Lab
Code # 186
Response = Green beans
Identified Correctly = both got it right

Code # 341
Response = tuna
Identified Correctly = both got it right

Code # 517
Response = lays potato chips
Identified Correctly = both got it right

Code #649
Response = chocolate creams
Identified Correctly = Taryn got it right and Sarah was almost right

Code #235
Response = chocolate chip cookies
Identified Correctly = Taryn got it right and Sarah was almost right

Code # 492
Response = granola bar
Identified Correctly = we both got it right

Code # 758
Response = fruit roll up
Identified Correctly = both got it right

Code # 923
Response = hot salsa
Identified Correctly = both got it right

Code # 467
Response = tomato paste
Identified Correctly = both got it right
Code # 803
Response = chili
Identified Correctly = both got it right

Code # 312
Response = beef ravioli
Identified Correctly = both got it right

1. Which aromas gave you the most difficulty? Which aromas gave your classmates the most difficulty? Sarah had difficulty with Austin Choco cremes. Taryn had difficulty with the tuna and chili.

2. Which food was most often identified correctly? Ravioli, green beans, tuna, chili, hot salsa, tomato paste, lays, granola bar.

3. Why did some students have more difficulty than other students with this task? Some people have a better sense of smell than others.

4. Were the responses of the second member of each pair more or less accurate? Yes because we already knew the smells.

5. Is taste or aroma more important in food identification? Explain your answer. Smell is more important because if something doesn't smell good you don't want to eat it.

How many taste buds do you have? Are you a "super taster?"

Areas of the tounge (above) and what flaovors they taste!

Work'in hard!