7.3.6 Digestion Quiz

Chewing food into smaller pieces.

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

Saliva breaking down carbohydrates.

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Enzymes break down food nutrients.

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

Food is mixed together.

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

Enzymes break down starch into simple sugars.

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

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The walls of your stomach contract to turn the food from a solid to a thick liquid.

• Physical

• Chemical

Digestion starts in the ...

• stomach.

• esophagus.

• epiglottis

• mouth.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Type of digestion in the stomach:

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

• Both Mechanical and Chemical Digestion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Enzymes (special chemicals) in your saliva help break down food while chewing.  This is...

• Mechanical digestion
• Chemical digestion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion