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Digestive System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What comes first?
a)
Mouth
b)
stomach
c)
large intestine
d)
none
2.
Why is the esophagus/food pipe important?
a)
To swallow food
b)
To choke
c)
To make your breath smelly
d)
None of these
3.
What does the stomach do?
a)
Nothing
b)
Adds digestive juices to the food
c)
Goes out to the rectum
d)
Barley any of these
4.
WHAT IS AFTER THE SMALL INTESTINE?
a)
Large intestine
b)
nothing
c)
liver
d)
pancreas
5.
After the large intestine, what comes next?
a)
Rectum
b)
Toilet
c)
none
d)
accessory organs
6.
Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
a)
Epiglottis
b)
Peristalsis
c)
Stomach
d)
Esophagus
7.
Small muscular pouch responsible for storing bile
a)
pancreas
b)
mechanical
c)
amylase
d)
gallbladder
8.
Type of digestion in the stomach:
a)
Mechanical
b)
Chemical
c)
Both
9.
Where chemical digestion starts.
a)
Small intestine
b)
Oesophagus
c)
Mouth
d)
Stomach
10.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
11.
What is one secondary (helper) organ of the digestive system?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Esophagus
c)
Gallbladder
d)
Stomach
12.
Bile is made by which digestive organ?
a)
Gallbladder
b)
Stomach
c)
Rectum
d)
Liver
13.
Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Gallbladder
14.
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
15.
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
16.
A short tube at the end of the large intestine that stores solid waste is the...
a)
Anus
b)
Rectum
17.

The sphincters that allow waste to exit the body are the

a)

rectum

b)

anus

18.

Which organ has 2 sphincters, adds digestive juices to food and mixes it into a slush called chyme?

a)

gall bladder

b)

pancreas

c)

cecum

d)

stomach

19.

Which is not a secondary or supporting organ of the digestive system?

a)

Liver

b)

stomach

c)

gall bladder

d)

pancreas

20.

What is the correct order of major organs in the digestive tract?

a)

Mouth, esophagus, stomach, rectum, large intestine, small intestine, anus

b)

Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus

c)

Mouth, cecum, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, anus

d)

Esophagus, liver, cecum, cardiac sphincter, rectum