Digestive System

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

• composition
• digestion
• deposition
• absorption

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• stomach
• pancreas
• large intestine
• small intestine

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

• Mechanical Digestion
• Chemical Digestion

Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid.  This is...

• Mechanical digestion
• Chemical digestion

What stores bile?

• Colon
• Gall Bladder
• Small Intestine

What is the definition for digestion?

• Breaking down food into smaller nutrients
• Getting rid of waste products
• Getting food into our bodies
• Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, so that our cells can use them

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The muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?

• esophagus
• small intestine
• stomach
• mouth

The organ where food doesn't pass through but it does break down fats and detoxify poisons?

• liver
• small intestine
• stomach
• large intestine

Enzymes and acids are examples of 

• mechanical digestion
• chemical digestion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?

• mechanical

• chemical

• both mechanical and chemical