Bill Nye Digestion

_______________________ is when the muscles in the throat push food down to the stomach.

• Pyloric

• Chemistry

• Muscular action

• Peristalsis

The stomach has muscles to _____________ down the food.

• dissolve

• break

• digest

• process

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The chemicals from the food we eat combine with _______________ to fuel our bodies.

• acid

• saliva

• oxygen

• energy

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People drink about three _________________ of water a day and 1 kilogram of food a day.

• centimeters

• meters

• liters

• mililiters

After food leaves the stomach it goes into the _______________.

• pyloric valve

• small intestine

• peristalsis

• large intestine

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Eating healthy food gives you __________________.

• energy

• peristalsis

• oxygen

• digestion

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The __________________ recommends how many daily servings of each food group you should eat.

• peristalsis pyramid

• pyloric square

• food square

• food pyramid

The _____________________ is over 7 meters long (in adults).

• esophagus

• large intestine

• small intestine

• pyloric valve

The acid in your stomach works ____________________ as it breaks down food.

• quickly

• efficiently

• slowly

• to combine chemicals

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The pyloric valve _______________ to let food flow from the stomach to the small intestine.

• digests

• opens

• closes

• breaks down