Digestive System Lesson

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

• Digestion

• Respiration

• Circulation 

• Absorb

Digestion begins...

• In your stomach

• In your mouth

• In your small intestine

• In your large intestine

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What does our body receive from food?

• nutrients

• saliva

• organs

• cells

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Which organ absorbs any remaining water and turns food into waste?

• Large Intestine

• Small Intestine

• Liver

• Pancreas

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

• So it can fit in our stomach

• So our bodies can use the nutrients

• So liquids can be separated from solids

• So our bodies enzymes can have something to do

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Place the following events in sequence: Food enters your large intestine; Food enters your small intestine; Food enters your esophagus

• A, B, C

• C, B, A

• C, A, B

• B, A, C

Waste foods are separated from solids and liquids in the __________________.

• small intestine

• large intestine

• liver

• stomach

A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.

• Nutrients

• Absorb

• Digestion

• Saliva 

What does your tongue do?

• It produces insulin.

• It produces bile.

• nothing

• It moves food around your mouth.

To take in matter or energy.

• Digestion

• Nutrients

• Absorb

• Mouth

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