Digestive System

What kind of digestion breaks food into smaller pieces?

• chemical digestion

• mechanical digestion

• enzyme

• mouth

What kind of digestion breaks food down using chemicals?

• chemical digestion

• mechanical digestion

• enzyme

• mouth

___ is a chemical that speeds up a chemical reaction like digestion and makes it happen quicker.

• mechanical digestion

• mouth

• chemicals

• enzyme

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____ is the muscular contraction and relaxation for the muscle in the digestive system that move food through the digestive tract.

• enzyme

• mechanical digestion

• peristalsis

• permeable

Which parts of the digestive system are responsible for both chemical and mechanical digestion?

• small intestine and mouth

• large intestine, and stomach

• mouth, and liver

• mouth and stomach

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Which organ is responsible for churning food and mixing food with acid and digestive enzymes to break down the food?

• mouth

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• pancreas

Which organ is responsible absorbing most nutrients.? The nutrients in the food diffuse across the walls of the organ and go into the blood to be circulated around the body to feed the cells.

• mouth

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• pancreas

Which organ is responsible absorbing and removing most water from the undigested food? The water will pass into the blood and be filtered by the liver and kidneys.

• mouth

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• pancreas

Which organ is responsible for making bile?

• pancreas

• stomach

• large intestine

• liver

• gallbladder

Which organ is responsible for storing bile which helps to break down fatty and fried foods?

• pancreas

• stomach

• large intestine

• liver

• gallbladder