Digestive/Urinary Systems

The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Enzymes (chemicals) in your saliva help break down food while chewing.  This is...

• Mechanical digestion
• Chemical digestion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?

• Mouth
• Esophagus
• Rectum
• Large intestine

The stomach doesn't absorb much, but it does absorb

• nutrients

• some water and salts

• some alcohol and drugs

• all answers are correct

• only two answers are correct (water, salts, alcohol, and drugs)

Bile is made by which accessory organ of the digestive system?

• Gallbladder

• Stomach

• Rectum

• Liver

Bile has many components. The only active component - capable of breaking down lipids - is:

• bile salts

• bile pigments

• cholesterol

• electrolytes

Bile is stored in which accessory digestive organ?

• Stomach

• Liver

• Gallbladder

• Pancreas

What is the digestive system function of the pancreas?

• produce insulin

• produce glucagon

• produce digestive enzymes such as amylase, lipase, and protease

• no function - it is a vestigial organ

Which pancreatic enzyme breaks down proteins?

• amylase

• lipase

• protease

Which pancreatic enzyme breaks down lipids?

• amylase

• lipase

• protease