Digestive System

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

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

Bile is made by which organ?

• Gallbladder

• Stomach

• Pancreas

• Liver

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine

• Stomach

• Large Intestine

• Liver

Which of the following is NOT part of the digestive tract? (Hint: Food does NOT pass through here; it is a "secondary" digestive organ.)

• Mouth

• Esophagus

• Small Intestine

• Liver

Number 4 is pointing to the....

• Appendix

• Rectum

• Large Intestine

• Small intestine

Number 3 is pointing to the...

• Small intestine
• Rectum
• Large intestine
• Stomach

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

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

• Small intestine
• Stomach
• Esophagus
• Large intestine

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

• Mechanical digestion

• Chemical digestion

Thanks to the addition of pancreatic "juice," the most chemical digestion takes place in which organ?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Rectum

• Esophagus

Where chemical digestion starts.

• Small intestine

• Esophagus

• Mouth

• Stomach