Tongue Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. One of the four basic taste sensations (5)
  2. 4. A wad of something ___ as tobacco (4)
  3. 5. The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge (5)
  4. 7. Hard structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing. (5)
  5. 9. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  6. 10. A small amount of liquid food (7)
  7. 11. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity (6)
  8. 12. How well your body and mind are doing (6)

Down

  1. 1. The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience (6)
  2. 2. A dish served as the last course of a meal (5)
  3. 3. The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth (4)
  4. 6. English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (6)
  5. 8. Characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms (7)
  6. 11. The sensation that results when ___ buds in the tongue and throat convey information about (5)