Understanding the Digestive System

What does food go through to get from your mouth to your stomach?

• A tube

• A slide

• A river

• A tunnel

What are the long, curled tubes in your belly called?

• Stomach

• Mouth

• Intestines

• Throat

What is the name for the whole tube that food goes through in your body?

• The food tube

• The digestive system

• The stomach tube

• The long tube

Why can't food just fall down your digestive system like a slide?

• It's too fast

• It's too slow

• It would get stuck

• It would get lost

What helps push food down the digestive tube?

• Gravity

• Water

• Muscles

• Air

What is inside your digestive system that moves around?

• Only food

• Only water

• Food, drink, air, and gases

• Nothing

What makes the rumbling sound in your stomach?

• Your stomach is empty

• Food and gas moving

• Your body is sleeping

• You are thirsty

Why do your stomach growls sound louder when you are hungry?

• Your muscles squeeze more

• Your tubes are emptier

• Both A and B

• Your stomach is full