Level 2 Digestive System

What is the definition for digestion?

• Breaking down food into smaller nutrients
• Getting rid of waste products
• Getting food into our bodies
• Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, so that our cells can use them

What is the correct order in which food passes through the digestive system?

• mouth>stomach>large intestine>small intestine
• esophagus>sm intestine>stomach>lg intestine
• stomach>sm intestine>esophagus>mouth
• mouth>esophagus>stomach>sm intestine>lg intestine

Number 5 is pointing to the ...

• Large intestine
• Rectum
• Small Intestine
• Stomach

Number 3 is pointing to the ...

• Esophagus
• Rectum
• Small Intestine
• Stomach

Chewing, grinding, and churning are examples of...

• mechanical digestion
• chemical digestion

Enzymes and acids are examples of 

• mechanical digestion
• chemical digestion

Food broken down by chemicals is called

• mechanical digestion
• chemical digestion

Food broken down by physical processes is called

• mechanical digestion
• chemical digestion

What is the small intestine responsible for?

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

Taking in food through the mouth is called

• Ingestion
• Digestion
• Absorption
• Dissection