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Digestive System Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part of the digestive system starts the digestive process by chewing/breaking the food up? (Mechanical Digestion)

a)

Esophagus

b)

Liver

c)

Mouth

d)

Stomach

2.

What part of the digestive system connects the mouth to the stomach and allows food to travel to the stomach?

a)

Esophagus

b)

Liver

c)

Large Intestines

d)

Mouth

3.

What part of the digestive system uses muscles and acids to continue breaking down food? (Chemical Digestion)

a)

Mouth

b)

Small Intestines

c)

Stomach

d)

Esophagus

4.

What part of the digestive system absorbs the nutrients from food to create energy?

a)

Mouth

b)

Large Intestines

c)

Liver

d)

Small Intestines

5.

What part of the digestive system breaks down old and damaged blood cells and produces vitamin K?

a)

Liver

b)

Stomach

c)

Esophagus

d)

Mouth

6.

What part of the digestive system absorbs water from remaining food and transmits indigestible food from the body?

a)

Large Intestines

b)

Liver

c)

Small Intestines

d)

Kidneys

7.

What is the digestive system?

a)

The system by which ingested food is acted upon by physical and chemical means to provide the body with absorbable nutrients and to excrete waste products

b)

Food thingy

c)

Muscle movement that moves food to your stomach to your mouth through the contraction and relaxation of the esophagus muscles

d)

Proteins in the body that help break up large food particles into molecules that the cells can use

8.

What is Mechanical Digestion?

a)

Process of breaking down food into smaller pieces by chewing and mashing with your mouth

b)

Process that breaks down large food parts into small molecules using acids and enzymes that can be taken in by cells mouth, stomach

9.

What is Chemical Digestion?

a)

Process that breaks down large food parts into small molecules using acids and enzymes that can be taken in by cells mouth, stomach

b)

Process of breaking down food into smaller pieces by chewing and mashing with your mouth

10.

What is Peristalsis?

a)

Muscle movement that moves food to your stomach to your mouth through the contraction and relaxation of the esophagus muscles

b)

Proteins in the body that help break up large food particles into molecules that the cells can use

11.

Where is the mouth located in the digestive system?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

2

d)

7

12.

where is the esophagus located in the digestive system?

a)

4

b)

1

c)

7

d)

6

13.

Where is the liver located in the digestive system?

a)

4

b)

9

c)

11

d)

10

14.

Where is the stomach located in the digestive system?

a)

5

b)

8

c)

9

d)

6

15.

Where is the large intestine located in the digestive system?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

6

d)

9

16.

Where is the small intestine located in the digestive system?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

11

d)

4

17.

Where is the rectum located in the digestive system?

a)

6

b)

9

c)

10

d)

3