The skin worksheet - Free Printable

Here is the complete solution to the worksheet “THE SKIN”, with explanations for each part.

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1. Drag the names into the corresponding place.

You are given four labels:
hairs, pores, touch receptors, nerve

Looking at the diagram:

- The hairs are the thin, hair-like structures sticking out from the top surface of the skin.
- The pores are the small openings on the skin’s surface (usually where sweat or oil comes out — often shown near hair follicles).
- The touch receptors are the small, rounded or oval structures located in the deeper layers of the skin (dermis), which detect pressure, vibration, etc.
- The nerve is the branching structure that connects the touch receptors to the rest of the body — it carries signals to the brain.

✔ Correct matching:

- Top right arrow → hairs
- Bottom left arrow → pores
- Bottom right arrow → touch receptors
- Middle left arrow → nerve

*(Note: Depending on the exact diagram, arrows may point slightly differently, but based on standard skin cross-sections, this is the correct labeling.)*

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2. Complete the sentences. Drag the correct word

Available words: skin, sense

a. Touch is the _sense_ which allows you to identify characteristics of the objects around you.
→ *Explanation:* Touch is one of the five senses (along with sight, hearing, taste, and smell). It helps us feel texture, temperature, pressure, etc.

b. The sense organ of touch is the _skin_.
→ *Explanation:* The skin contains sensory receptors that detect touch, so it is the organ responsible for the sense of touch.

✔ Answers:
a. sense
b. skin

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3. Complete with true (T) or false (F)

a. Touch helps you distinguish different sensations. → T
→ *Explanation:* Yes — touch allows you to feel pressure, pain, heat, cold, texture, etc.

b. Using touch, you can identify if something is sweet or salty. → F
→ *Explanation:* Sweetness and saltiness are detected by taste buds on the tongue — that’s the sense of taste, not touch.

c. The whole body is covered with skin. → T
→ *Explanation:* Skin is the largest organ and covers the entire external surface of the body (except for areas like nails and hair, which are made *from* skin cells).

d. Touch receptors send information to the brain. → T
→ *Explanation:* When touch receptors are stimulated, they send electrical signals via nerves to the brain, which interprets them as sensations.

e. The skin is the shortest organ in our body. → F
→ *Explanation:* There is no such thing as the “shortest organ.” The skin is actually the largest organ by surface area and weight. “Shortest” doesn’t apply meaningfully to organs — this statement is misleading and incorrect.

✔ Answers:
a. T
b. F
c. T
d. T
e. F

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✔ Final Answer Summary:

1. Labeling:
- Top right → hairs
- Bottom left → pores
- Bottom right → touch receptors
- Middle left → nerve

2. Sentence completion:
a. sense
b. skin

3. True/False:
a. T
b. F
c. T
d. T
e. F

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