Digestive and Excretory Systems

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

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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

• Mechanical digestion
• Chemical digestion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS1-3