Physical and Chemical Changes in Digestion

_____ is the process by which food is broken down.

The type of digestion that changes the physical form of food.

When food is chemically digested, it turns into a new substance.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

When the stomach churns, this causes (a)   digestion. When the acid mixes with the stomach contents, this causes (b)   digestion.

• mechanical

• chemical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The nutrients from food are absorbed into the body while they are in _____.

• large intestine

• small intestine

• stomach

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Water is absorbed from food while it is in _____.

• large intestine

• small intestine

• stomach

Reorder the following to show the path that food takes through the digestive sysem.

• small intestine

• large intestine

• esophagus

• mouth

• stomach