Digestive System : Chemical and mechanical digestion

Digestive System : Chemical and mechanical digestion

By Ammara Shahzad

Multiple Choice

Body system that breaks down food and absorbs nutrients

• Circulatory System

• Digestive system

• Nervous System

What is the digestive system?

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The digestive system is the system that breaks down food into nutrients that provide energy for cells.

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where digestion begins

What are the two types of digestion?

•There are two types of digestion.

1. Mechanical digestion

2. Chemical digestion

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Mechanical digestion is the breaking, crushing, and mashing of food.

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Chemical digestion occurs when large molecules of food are broken down so that they can pass through the bloodstream.

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What are two types of digestion

• Chemical Digestion

• Mechanical Digestion

• esophagus

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What we get from the food

• Energy

• Nutrients

• Both

• none of these

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Color the organ involved in mechanical digestion

Draw

Color the organ involved in chemical digestion

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In your moth teeth grind the food

• Mechanical digestion

• Chemical digestion

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Salivary glands release a liquid called

saliva, which helps to break food down

• Mechanical Digestion

• chemical Digestion

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In the stomach, muscles contract to

grind food into a pulpy mixture.

• Mechanical Digestion

• chemical Digestion

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In the small intestine, most nutrients

are broken down by enzymes.

• Mechanical Digestion

• chemical Digestion

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