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WorksheetsDigestive System
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is not a function of the digestive system?
a)
Create new foods
b)
Absorb water
c)
Process waste
2.
What is an example of chemical breakdown?
a)
Chewing
b)
Saliva
c)
Peristalsis
3.
Which of these is a disorder of the Digestive system?
a)
Allergies
b)
Flu
c)
Ulcer
4.
What begins the process of mechanical breakdown?
a)
the mouth
b)
the esophagus
c)
the pancreas
5.
What begins the process of chemical breakdown?
a)
Liver
b)
Salivary glands
c)
Colon
6.
What starts the process of chemical breakdown?
a)
Saliva
b)
Oxygen
c)
Hydrogen
7.
What pushes food from the mouth to the stomach?
a)
Stomach
b)
Gall bladder
c)
Esophagus
8.
What churns food and breaks it down further using strong acids?
a)
Stomach
b)
Salivary glands
c)
Liver
9.
Where does most digestion occur?
a)
Stomach
b)
Salivary gland
c)
Small intestine
10.
What produces chemicals that break down fats, starches and proteins?
a)
Pulmonary artery
b)
Pancreas
c)
Pituitary gland
11.
What stores bile?
a)
Colon
b)
Gall Bladder
c)
Small Intestine
12.
What produces the bile used to break down fats?
a)
Liver
b)
Large Intestine
c)
Mouth
13.
What absorbs water and minerals and holds waste?
a)
Large Intestine (Colon)
b)
Small Intestine
c)
Gall Bladder
14.
What is the Nephron?
a)
Causes buildup in the stomach acid
b)
Regulates the concentration of water and soluble substances by filtering the blood
c)
Creates muscular contractions to move the food
15.
What is the function of the Ureter?
a)
Carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
b)
Tiny finger-like projections in the Small Intestine
c)
Absorbs water and minerals and holds waste
16.
What is the function of the bladder?
a)
Push out excess waste
b)
Create and absorb excess waste to be regulated
c)
Collect urine from the kidneys before disposal by urination
17.
What is the urethra?
a)
The tube that allows urine to pass out of the body
b)
Collects urine from the kidneys
c)
Carries urine to the urinary bladder
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