2023 Digestive Excretory

The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.

• composition
• digestion
• deposition
• absorption

The muscular organ in the body where chemical and mechanical digestion take place.

• pancreas
• liver
• stomach
• esophagus

A long folded tube inside the body attached to the stomach where nutrients in the food are absorbed.

• large intestine
• small intestine
• esophagus
• rectum

A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.

• pepsin
• pepsi
• saliva
• salty

Part of the digestive system that takes food into the body.

• esophagus
• mouth
• rectum 
• anus

A substance such as a fat, a protein, or a carbohydrate that a living thing needs to survive.

• saliva
• carrots
• nutrients
• minerals

What do you call the organ that takes food from your mouth to your stomach?

• esophagus

• small intestine

What is the purpose of the digestive system?

• to exchange gasses in your body

• to get rid of waste in the body

• to break down food into nutrients the body can use

• to break down food into oxygen

What is digestion?

• The process of breaking down large food molecules into smaller molecules.

• The process of breaking down large food molecules into bigger molecules.

What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?

• mechanical

• chemical

• both mechanical and chemical