G7B Supplying Energy

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.

Chewing is an example of what type of digestion?

• Dental

• Fragmentary

• Chemical

• Mechanical

What is the muscular tube that pushes food from the mouth the to stomach?

• tongue
• esophagus
• small intestine
• large intestine

T/F: The stomach contains acid that helps break down food.

• True

• False

Our cells require _________ for all the processes that go on inside our body, including breathing, thinking, and growing.

• Water

• Nutrients

• Energy

• Oxygen

Living things get energy from __________.

• Sunlight

• Water

• Food

• Air

The ________ make their own food.

• Animals

• Humans

• Plants

The ________ and ________ get their food by eating other organisms and breaking it down into its component parts.

• Plants, algae

• Producers, consumers

• Animals, decomposers

• Fungi, bacteria

The ________ is the process by which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules.

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Digestion

• Synthesis

The _______ are substances in food that provide the raw materials the body's cells need to carry out all their essential processes.

• Air

• Water

• Nutrients

• Sunshine