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WorksheetsDigestive system check
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What is the correct order of digestion?
a)
Mouth - pharynx - stomach - esophagus - L.I. - S.I. - anus - rectum
b)
Pharynx - mouth - esophagus - stomach - gall bladder - S.I. - rectum - anus - L.I.
c)
Mouth - pharynx - pancreas - stomach - rectum - gall bladder - S.I. - rectum - anus
d)
Mouth - pharynx - esophagus - stomach - S.I. - L.I. - rectum - anus
3.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
4.
What is one secondary (helper) organ of the digestive system?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Esophagus
c)
Gallbladder
d)
Stomach
5.
Bile is made by which digestive organ?
a)
Gallbladder
b)
Stomach
c)
Rectum
d)
Liver
6.
Which digestive organ makes digestive juices to help the small intestine absorb nutrients?
a)
Liver
b)
Gallbladder
c)
Pancreas
d)
Esophagus
7.
Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Gallbladder
8.
Which of the following is NOT part of the digestive tract? (Hint: Identify the secondary organ.)
a)
Mouth
b)
Esophagus
c)
Small Intestine
d)
Liver
9.
Number 5 is pointing to the...
a)
Liver
b)
Gallbladder
c)
Pancreas
d)
Stomach
10.
Number 3 is pointing to the...
a)
Small intestine
b)
Rectum
c)
Large intestine
d)
Stomach
11.
Number 2 is pointing to the...
a)
Esophagus
b)
Stomach
c)
Small intestine
d)
Anus
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.
Bile is stored in which secondary digestive organ?
a)
Stomach
b)
Liver
c)
Gallbladder
d)
Pancreas
14.
What is the substance found in the stomach that allows for chemical digestion to take place?
a)
Gastric Juices
b)
Saliva
c)
Bile
15.
Enzymes (chemicals) in your saliva help break down food while chewing. This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
16.
What does saliva do?
a)
Chemically digests food in the mouth.
b)
Chemically digests food in the stomach
c)
Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
d)
Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.
17.
What do the villi do?
a)
Digests food in the mouth.
b)
Digests food in the stomach
c)
Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
d)
Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.
18.
Where does digestion begin?
a)
Mouth
b)
Esophagus
c)
Stomach
d)
Small Intestine
19.
What is the name of the molecule in saliva that chemically digests food?
a)
bile
b)
stomach acid
c)
enzymes
d)
chyme
20.
Which of the following chemicals is secreted in the stomach?
a)
Amylase
b)
Synthase
c)
pepsin
d)
lipase
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