Digestive and Excretory Systems

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

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

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Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?

• Mouth
• Esophagus
• Rectum
• Large intestine

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

• Mechanical digestion
• Chemical digestion

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One major function of the excretory system is to clean the what?

• urine
• blood
• kidneys
• bladder

These organs are responsible for what?

• storing urine
• storing water
• filtering blood
• they don't have a particular job 

What is #3?

• Kidney
• Ureters
• Bladder
• Urethra

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Kidneys create a liquid called:

• Urine
• Blood
• Feces
• Carbon Dioxide

What is the job of your digestive system?

• To break down food

• To remove waste

• To pump blood around the body

• To bring oxygen into the body

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