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WorksheetsDigestive System
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which structure makes bile?
a)
Stomach
b)
Pancreas
c)
Liver
d)
mouth
2.
Where does chemical digestion begin?
a)
Mouth
b)
esophagus
c)
stomach
d)
small intestine
3.
Where does absorption of food occur in the digestive system?
a)
small intestine
b)
large intestine
c)
stomach
d)
epiglottis
4.
____________ is when smooth muscles contract to gently move food through the esophagus. It begins with swallowing.
a)
bolus
b)
peristalsis
c)
ulcer
d)
amylase
5.
Which is the correct pathway that food takes through the digestive system?
a)
mouth, stomach, esphagus, small intestine, large intestine, rectum
b)
mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum
c)
mouth, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine, stomach, rectum
d)
rectum, rectum, rectum. Anal retentive teacher
6.
Number 7 in the diagram represents the:
a)
Small intestine
b)
Liver
c)
Large intestine
d)
Gall Bladder
7.
Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
a)
Epiglottis
b)
Peristalsis
c)
Stomach
d)
Esophagus
8.
Small muscular pouch responsible for storing bile
a)
pancreas
b)
mechanical
c)
amylase
d)
gallbladder
9.
4
a)
Gallbladder
b)
Liver
c)
Stomach
d)
Pancreas
10.
6
a)
Stomach
b)
Small Intestine
c)
Large intestine
d)
Rectum
11.
9
a)
Stomach
b)
Small Intestine
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Rectum
12.
As waste moves through the digestive system, the ______ absorbs water before storing waste in the rectum.
a)
Small intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Esophagus
d)
Large intestine
13.
A short tube at the end of the large intestine that stores solid waste is the...
a)
Anus
b)
Rectum
14.
Which is NOT a function of the Digestive System?
a)
To rid the body of solid waste
b)
Absorb nutrients for energy & growth
c)
Break down nutrients from food
d)
Pump blood around the body
15.
The opening at the end of the digestive system where solid waste comes out is the...
a)
rectum
b)
anus
c)
mouth
d)
large intestine
16.
Enzymes (chemicals) in your saliva help break down food while chewing. This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
17.
Most chemical digestion takes place in which organ?
a)
Stomach
b)
Small intestine
c)
Rectum
d)
Esophagus
18.
Number 7 is pointing to...
a)
Mouth
b)
Esophagus
c)
Small intestine
d)
rectum
19.
Number 8 is pointing to the...
a)
small intestine
b)
stomach
c)
anus
d)
rectum
20.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
21.
Bile is made by which digestive organ?
a)
Gallbladder
b)
Stomach
c)
Rectum
d)
Liver
22.
Why is the esophagus/food pipe important?
a)
To swallow food
b)
To choke
c)
To make your breath smelly
d)
None of these
23.
What does the mouth do?
a)
Break down the food to make it easier to swallow
b)
Slows down jaws
c)
Nothing
d)
Neither
24.
What comes first?
a)
Mouth
b)
stomach
c)
large intestine
d)
none
25.
WHAT IS AFTER THE SMALL INTESTINE?
a)
Large intestine
b)
nothing
26.
The process that changes food into forms the body can use is called...
a)
suggestion
b)
digestion
c)
circulation
d)
respiration
27.
Which is longer?
a)
small intestine
b)
large intestine
c)
a pencil
d)
my teacher
28.
Rhythm-like contraction of the muscles in the walls of the GI tract
a)
deglutition
b)
mastication
c)
peristalsis
29.
First part of the small instestine
a)
jejunum
b)
duodenum
c)
cecum
30.
After absorbing nutrients in the small intestine, where do they go?
a)
Large intestine
b)
Kidney
c)
Stomach
d)
Bloodstream
31.
Type of digestion in the stomach:
a)
Mechanical
b)
Chemical
c)
Both
32.
Component of the digestive system which produces hydrochloric acid?
a)
Stomach
b)
Liver
c)
Pancreas
d)
Gall Bladder
33.
Form of food when released from the stomach.
a)
Bolus
b)
Chyme
34.
Tissues join together to form:
a)
Cells
b)
Organs
c)
Systems
d)
Organism
35.
What moves a bolus through the esophagus into the stomach?
a)
Voluntary muscles
b)
Physical movement
c)
Peristalsis
d)
Skeletal muscle contractions
36.
What structures in the small intestines makes absorption of nutrients possible?
a)
Duodenum
b)
Colon
c)
Sigmoid
d)
Villi
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