Digestive System

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

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?

• Mouth
• Esophagus
• Rectum
• Large intestine

Which body system gets ride of solid waste?

• Excretory (Urinary)
• Digestive
• Circulatory
• Respiratory

As waste moves through the digestive system, the ______ absorbs water before storing waste in the rectum.

• Small intestine
• Stomach
• Esophagus
• Large intestine

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which is NOT a function of the Digestive System?

• To rid the body of solid waste
• Absorb nutrients for energy & growth
• Break down nutrients from food
• Pump blood around the body

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid.  This is...

• Mechanical digestion
• Chemical digestion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Most chemical digestion takes place in which organ?

• Stomach
• Small intestine
• Rectum
• Esophagus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The highlighted organ is the

• liver
• large intestine
• small intestine
• stomach

What is the function of the digestive system?

• to break down and absorb nutrients
• to support and protect our bodies
• to produce vitamin D
• to help us move