True or False? The stomach stores food, energy, and nutrients until the body is ready to use or dispose of them.

• True

• False

True or False? The small intestine's primary role is to conduct food to its next destination.

• True

• False

True or False? As food passes through the digestive tract, it becomes less complex, and the nutrients become more readily available to the body.

• True

• False

True or False? The duodenum is part of the large intestine.

• True

• False

True or False? Some microbes that often invade other organs are rarely found in the stomach due to the presence of hydrochloric acid (HCl).

• True

• False

True or False? The first elements to be identified were mainly gases.

• True

• False

True or False? As the number of known elements grew, there was a need to organize them into groups based on their properties.

• True

• False

True or False? French chemist Antoine Lavoisier classified elements into three categories: gases, metals, and nonmetals.

• True

• False

True or False? In the modern periodic table, elements are arranged by increasing number of protons.

• True

• False

True or False? Elements in the same group have similar properties.

• True

• False