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6.2-Senses
School of Science and Applied
Management Economics Unlike plants which feed from a permanent site, animals have got senses and nervous
which enable them to [1] respond to a need for food [2] guide them to locate food [dead
>>[MODULE:-Six-A]<< plants and animals]
Senses are natural organisms which provide data for perception. Traditionary there are
five basic senses [1] Sight, [2] Hearing, [3] Taste, [4] Smell and [5] Touch other senses
are [6] Balance and acceleration, [7] Temperature, [8] Kinetic sense, [9] Pain, [10] Time
etc..
Learning objectives!
6.3-The Body
To understand how information can be gathered relating to a particular problem. by
highlighting the role of biological knowledge in problem solving
Fig:2 SUN
6.1-Introduction!
Biology is the study of living things divided into many specialised fields that
cover morphology, physiology, anatomy, behaviour, origin and distribution X-Brain
1--Eyes
4Sight Heat and light
Living things are [1] plants and [2] animals while non living things are dead
plants and animals,
[1] Plants are living organisms of the kind exemplified by trees,
shrubs, herbs, grasses, typically growing in a permanent site , absorbing 2-Ears
water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients Hearing
in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.
under the sun, dead plants and animals are a source of food to the living
plants and animals thus
[2] Animals are living organisms that feeds on organic matter,
typically having specialised sense organs and nervous system and able to 4-Nose
respond rapidly to stimuli exemplified by birds, mammals and reptiles 5-Touch Smell
Hands
Fig:1 SUN
3-Mouth
Taste
6.4-The role of Senses
Senses are natural organisms which bridge the gap between the sun , the moving world
GASES
and a given animal . In a given place. The sun transforms [1] solids into [2] gases through
[3] Liquids creating two distinct natural states of matter [1] visible or physical [2] the
invisible or gases i.e Liquid is a transitional state of matter from solid to gas. Animals
SOLIDS/ LIQUIDS have got natural organs [senses] which can identify matter under any of the two given
states thus the natural role of senses is classified into [1] Physical role and [2] Chemical
role or [1] organs to do with Visible matter and [2] organs to do with Invisible matter.
In the absence of the visible , the invisible senses step in to provide the answer and in the
Agriculture is the science or practice of farming , including cultivation of the absence of the invisible, the visible senses come in handy
soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, and If you cannot see, you can smell, taste,, touch or hear and if you cannot smell, hear, touch
other products. or taste then you can see.
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Basic Research 6.8-The mouth and Nose
Dead plants and animals provide food to the living animals. The nose along side the
mouth differentiates between dead plants and animals through taste and smell. In
uganda there are 12,104 possible plants tastes and smell and 1061 possible smells
6.5-Classfication of roles of senses and tastes for birds alone and over 50 animal tastes and smells
Fig:3
6.9-The Demand and Supply chain
1 2
Physical Chemical
Visible Invisible Fig:4 Living things Non -living things
1-The Eyes X-The Brain
2-The Ears
3-The Mouth 1-Plants 1-Dead-Plants
4-Nose 2-Animals 2-Dead-Animals
5-Touch-Hands
6-Balance
7-Temperature
8-Kinetic Cycle flow of FOOD!
9-Pain
10-Time 1-Plants 1-Dead-Plants
How do they work?
[Addition] Positive [Division] Negative
Through the Eyes, the sense of Right from the brain which senses 2-Animals
sight uses additional means to heat and light from the sun, the ears, 2-Dead-Animals
communicate physical data to mouth, nose, touch , balance etc can
the brain. only process stored data by means of
The amount of data it can in division or subtraction creating Plants feed on dead animals and plants which fall on the ground as manure while
put through [observation] is comparisons which are communicated animals feed on dead plants and some feed on dead animals as well
infinitive provided the to the brain. Data generated through
environment is rich as of what experimentation is limited to stored 6.10-Common Sense
to see this sense is key to physical data thus These senses are
analysing key to analysing CHEMICAL
PHYSICAL MATTER MATTER. Fig:5
6.6-The eyes 1-Eyes 3-Ears, 3Mouth
Sense of Sight 4 Nose taste and
The eyes are a natural sense or organ for seeing . In uganda, there are [1] touch
12,104 known wild plant species, one can see [2] 1061 known birds and [3] 53
Known animals in Buganda alone each clan is represented by an animal
6.7-The ears
Common sense is a situation when the physical senses are at equilibrium or
agreement with the chemical senses i.e the Eyes Vs Nose, mouth, Ears and Hands
The ears are a natural sense or organ for earing . Wild animals make sounds N.B the sun or heat and light from the sun influences sight
in uganda there are 1061 known bird sounds and over 50 known animals
sounds
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Basic Research 6.14-Research Methods
Research methods in a lay man’s language refers to the various ways of getting
information. Information can be obtained by using any of the five natural senses
[1] the sense of sight key in making Observation
6.11-Factors affecting Common senses [2] the sense of hearing by the use of ears
[3] the sense of smell by use of the nose
[4] the sense of taste by the use of the mouth
The following factors may affect proper use and functioning of ones natural [5] the sense of touch by use of fingers and hands
organs for better understanding
Where in the absence of primary data, one may ask questions using a
1-Lack of food and poor feeding may affect or cause diseases which can lead questionnaire or and organised interview or read from books what has been observed
to poor sight , hearing smell and touch by others before
2-Indoctrination . To indoctrinate is to teach a person or group to accept a set
of beliefs uncritically without asking.
6.15-The Human Brain
3-Political climate, freedom of speech and expression is also key in
promoting normal body functions. Fig:7
4-Trauma
5-Ignorance or lack of knowledge and awareness Low Temperature
North Temperate Region
6.12-Reseach
Sun
Research is a process which involves an activity aimed at creating sense to Tropical Region/
a given situation .i.e The eyes capture physical data, combines it with
physical sound and taste to create a data file
Using and example of a cow, [1] The eyes will see a cow, [2] the ears will South Temperate Region
Low Temperature
hear its sound [3] the nose and mouth will pick its taste
Failure to strike a balance of any the above creates a question mark [?] Or a
problem which necessitates research
By definition, research is a systematic investigation into and study of
materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions The human brain is an organ of soft nervous tissue which coordinates all senses its
equally and primarily affected by the heat and light from the sun. The external heat and
Fig:6 light exerts pressure on the brain which determines how the body uses its senses i.e
Physical being Chemical being [1] in the temperate regions the brain freezes up causing more internal conservative
Visible In visible presence reactions thus the chemical senses of 2-Hearing, Taste, smelling and touch are so
active thus human understanding is an internal [chemical or invisible activity]
[2] in the tropical the brain receives heat [melt down] which triggers an external reaction
Cow? Cow? Cow? which actives more the sense of sight against i.e Hearing, Taste, touch and feeling
its [Sound] its [Taste]
6.16-The Reading culture
Reading is the action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud. The
6.13-Reseach-Problem ability to understand here is dependant upon the place and state of being of the natural
organisms [senses] understanding printed matter is a chemical process thus
temperate brains here are at an advantage while the tropical brains will naturally be
A Research problem is a matter or a situation which requires a physical challenged. Reading is not part of the tropical culture and thus writing books is not an
answer to an invisible situation such as taste or sound or an invisible answer appropriate way to pass on knowledge. There is nothing wrong with you if you cannot
to a physical occurrence such as a cow requiring its sound and taste. read and understand. It's a natural phenomena.
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Basic Research 6.20-Examples of Living things
Fig:9
6.17-Living things
1 2
Living Non-living
Things Things
Fig:8
1-Cow 1-Cows-Meat
2-Goat 2-Goats meat
Low Temperature
North Temperate Region 3-Beans 3-Bean source
4-Maize 4-Maize flour
5-Mahogany tree 5-Mahogany- Timber
Sun 6-Eucaliptus tree 6-Fire wood
Tropical Region/ 7-Cow 7-Cow skin for hide
8-Hen 8-Chicken meat
9-Pig 9-Pork
South Temperate Region 10-Cotton seed 10-Cotton oil
Low Temperature
Opposites relating to non-livng things
1-Cows-Meat 1-Cow
Heat and light supports life, thus the tropical region which receives more 2-Goats meat 2-Goat
heat and light from the sun naturally has more living things [1] plants and [2] 3-Bean source 3-Beans
animals than the temperate region which receives less heat. 4-Maize flour 4-Maize
5-Mahogany- Timber 5-Mahogany tree
6-Fire wood 6-Eucaliptus tree
6.18-Non-Living things 7-Cow skin for hide 7-Cow
8-Chicken meat 8-Hen
Dead plants and animals provide food, timber , medicine and other 9-Pork 9-Pig
necessities of life world wide. The tropical region is the world’s biggest 10-Cotton oil 10-Cotton seed
source of dead plants and animals. The temperate regions provide the
world’s biggest market for dead plants and animals since production is next
to zero.
6.21-Mathematics
6.19-Death Simplifying mathematics has been Dr.Boasmas’s primary goal in creating
sustainable knowledge
From the biological point of view [ biology the study of living organisms] In line with
the five traditional senses, mathematics is just an art or the ability to express what we
Death is the action or fact of dying or being killed or bringing the end of a life [1]see, [2]Hear, and [3]feel through objects. An object is a material thing that can be
or person or organism. Human beings, okayed the premature death or seen and touched.
killing of other animals and plant for personal use. In 1945 plants and
animals become a private property, subject to death under the observation Numbers i.e [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9] Expressing the earth’s movement while
of the owner [harvested or slaughtered] for economic exchange and gain. Geometrical tools are perfect tools for drawing so far the known natural relationships
[Capitalism] in modern society you are either buying dead plants or animals between the sun, the earth in orbit and matter [plants and animal] living or dead.
or selling a dead plant or animal. Basic shapes such as triangles, squares, rectangles, circles, sem--triangles, semi-
