DIGESTIVE SYSTEM GRADE 4

What comes first?

• Mouth
• stomach
• large intestine
• none

Why is the esophagus/food pipe important?

• To swallow food
• To choke
• To make your breath smelly
• None of these

What does the stomach do?

• Nothing
• Adds digestive juices to the food
• Goes out to the rectum
• Barley any of these

What is the small intestine responsible for?

• takes in more enzymes and starts absorption
• breaking down food
• chewing
• adding food

Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

• Epiglottis
• Peristalsis
• Stomach
• Esophagus

What breaks down food in stomach?

• enzymes

• salivary glands
• movement 
• time

What does the mouth do?

• Break down the food to make it easier to swallow
• Slows down jaws
• Nothing
• Neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What makes food wet and soft?

• teeth
• tongue
• saliva
• esophagus

The ______________ is where food is mixed with juices and is squeezed and churned until it becomes a thick liquid. 

• esophagus
• stomach
• small intestine
• large intestine

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The _________________ squeezes water out of food and absorbs water into the bloodstream.

• esophagus
• stomach
• small intestine
• large intestine