The process of breaking down food is called __________.

When does digestion begin?

• When the enzymes change starches into sugar.

• When you begin chewing the food in your mouth.

• After you swallow.

• When you feel full.

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Think Critically: What does digest mean?

• break down

• make up

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What are the organs related to the digestive system?

• small intestine

• large intestine

• stomach

• lungs

What is the function of the digestive system?

• helps the body get the glucose it needs to make ATP

• takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide

• helps with body movement

• transports oxygen to the cells

Why do we need food to break apart the food we eat?

• So it can fit into our stomachs

• So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food

• So liquids can be separated from solids

• So that our bodies' enzymes have something to do.

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Chewing is an example of what type of digestion?

• Dental

• Fragmentary

• Chemical

• Mechanical

If you wanted to find the glands that produce salivary amylase, where would you look?

• In your mouth

• In your throat

• In your intestines

• In your stomach

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What is chyme?

• A particular type of digestive enzymes

• What food is called after it has been digested by the stomach

• A chemically active part of the small intestine

• The passage that leads from the small intestine to the large intestine

What is the digestive system?

• A system to take out the bad stuff that's in your body

• A system where a certain group of organs work together to convert food into energy to feed the body

• A system where certain organs in the body digest the food you eat

• A system that the organs in the stomach make food for the body to digest.

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