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HUMAN digestive system

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 43mins

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.
The rectum does what?
a)
Takes out the waste
b)
Just leave it in there
7.
Small muscular pouch responsible for storing bile
a)
pancreas
b)
mechanical
c)
amylase
d)
gallbladder
8.
Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
a)
Epiglottis
b)
Peristalsis
c)
Stomach
d)
Esophagus
9.
Number 7 in the diagram represents the:
a)
Small intestine
b)
Liver
c)
Large intestine
d)
Gall Bladder
10.
The part of the digestive system which is highlighted represents:
a)
Oesophagus
b)
Small intestine
c)
Stomach
d)
Trachea
11.
Type of digestion in the stomach:
a)
Mechanical
b)
Chemical
c)
Both
12.
Where chemical digestion starts.
a)
Small intestine
b)
Oesophagus
c)
Mouth
d)
Stomach
13.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
14.
What is one secondary (helper) organ of the digestive system?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Esophagus
c)
Gallbladder
d)
Stomach
15.
Bile is made by which digestive organ?
a)
Gallbladder
b)
Stomach
c)
Rectum
d)
Liver
16.
Which digestive organ makes digestive juices to help the small intestine absorb nutrients?
a)
Liver
b)
Gallbladder
c)
Pancreas
d)
Esophagus
17.
Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Gallbladder
18.
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
19.
Number 4 is pointing to the....
a)
Anus
b)
Rectum
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Small intestine
20.
Number 5 is pointing to the...
a)
Liver
b)
Gallbladder
c)
Pancreas
d)
Stomach
21.
Number 3 is pointing to the...
a)
Small intestine
b)
Rectum
c)
Large intestine
d)
Stomach
22.
Number 2 is pointing to the...
a)
Esophagus
b)
Stomach
c)
Small intestine
d)
Anus
23.
Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?
a)
Mouth
b)
Esophagus
c)
Rectum
d)
Large intestine
24.
Which body system gets ride of solid waste?
a)
Excretory (Urinary)
b)
Digestive
c)
Circulatory
d)
Respiratory
25.
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
26.
A short tube at the end of the large intestine that stores solid waste is the...
a)
Anus
b)
Rectum
27.
Bile is stored in which secondary digestive organ?
a)
Stomach
b)
Liver
c)
Gallbladder
d)
Pancreas
28.
What is the substance found in the stomach that allows for chemical digestion to take place?
a)
Gastric Juices
b)
Saliva
c)
Bile
29.
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
30.
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
31.
Which secondary organ makes digestive juices like insulin to help absorb food in the small intestine?
a)
Large intestine
b)
Pancreas
c)
Liver
d)
Gallbladder
32.
Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
33.
Enzymes (chemicals) in your saliva help break down food while chewing.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
34.
Most chemical digestion takes place in which organ?
a)
Stomach
b)
Small intestine
c)
Rectum
d)
Esophagus
35.
Number 7 is pointing to...
a)
Mouth
b)
Esophagus
c)
Small intestine
d)
rectum
36.
Number 8 is pointing to the...
a)
small intestine
b)
stomach
c)
anus
d)
rectum
37.

Which part of the digestive system is responsible for absorbing water?

a)

Large Intestine

b)

Kidneys

c)

Stomach

d)

Small Intestine

38.

What part of the digestive system is letter A?

a)

Large Intestine

b)

Stomach

c)

Mouth

d)

Pancreas

39.

What part of the digestive system is letter B?

a)

Kidneys

b)

Large Intestine

c)

Small Intestine

d)

Esophagus

40.

The bile is made in where?

a)

Stomach

b)

Small Intestines

c)

Pancreas

d)

Liver

41.

What part of the digestive system is letter C?

a)

Liver

b)

Stomach

c)

pancreas

d)

gallbladder

42.

The main function of the stomach is to:

a)

Store food

b)

Produce hydrochloric acid

c)

Break down food

d)

All the above

43.

What part of the digestive system is letter I?

a)

Small Intestine

b)

Pancreas

c)

Liver

d)

Mouth

44.

What part of the digestive system is letter H?

a)

Large Intestine

b)

Kidneys

c)

Small Intestines

d)

Liver

45.

Which of the following are not a part of the digestive system?

a)

Liver

b)

Kidneys

c)

Esophagus

d)

None of the above

46.

What part of the digestive system is letter F?

a)

Pancreas

b)

Small Intestine

c)

Stomach

d)

Liver

47.

What part of the digestive system is letter G?

a)

Stomach

b)

Pancreas

c)

Liver

d)

Mouth

48.

THe main function of the small intestine is to?

a)

Extract and absorb nutrients

b)

Kill bacteria

c)

Excrete solid waste

d)

Releases enzymes to break down food

49.

What has hydrochloric acid and is coated with mucus for its protection.

a)

Small Intestines

b)

Oesophagus

c)

Stomach

d)

Liver

50.

Digestion begins in the where?

a)

Mouth

b)

Stomach

c)

Pancreas

d)

Gallbladder

51.

What part of the digestive system helps the chewed travel through what to the stomach?

a)

Small Intestines

b)

Pancreas

c)

Esophagus

d)

Liver

52.

The Esophagus is connected to the mouth on one end and the what on the other end?

a)

Liver

b)

Heart

c)

Stomach

d)

Small Intestine

53.

Which part of the digestive system is where most enzymes are added?

a)

Mouth

b)

Stomach

c)

Large Intestine

d)

Small Intestine

54.

From the stomach, liquid food travels to the where?

a)

Gallbladder

b)

Small Intestine

c)

Pancreas

d)

Mouth

55.

What kind of acid helps break down the food in the stomach?

a)

Hydrochloric acid

b)

Nitric acid

c)

Citric acid

d)

Acetic acid

56.

what is digestive system

a)

Group of cells that break down food in order to absorb its nutrients.

b)

stomach

c)

Group of organs that break down food in order to absorb its nutrients.

d)

Mouth

57.

What is digestion

a)

Mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small particles and molecules that your body can absorb and use

b)

breakdown food into mechanical particles

58.

What are the types of Digestion

a)

mechanical digestion

b)

molecule digestion

c)

chemical digestion

d)

chemical reaction

59.

What is enzymes

a)

proteins that help breakdown larger molecules into smaller molecules

b)

reactions that help breakdown larger molecules into smaller molecules

60.

Is the pancreas part of the digestive system

a)

True

b)

False

61.

Is the mouth and the through part of the digestive sysrem

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Is the urethra part of the digestive system

a)

True

b)

False

63.

Where is the first place digestion occurs

a)

stomach

b)

Mouth

c)

Large intestine

d)

Small intestine

64.
The _______________ is a muscular tube that connects the pharynx, or throat, to the stomach
a)
gallbladder
b)
trachea
c)
esophagus
d)
liver
65.
__________ is an enzyme involved in the process of the chemical digestion of proteins.
a)
Pepsi Cola
b)
Pepsin
c)
Amalyse
d)
Peptic acid
66.
The liver produces bile which helps break down fats.
a)
True
b)
False
67.
1
a)
Mouth 
b)
Salivary Glands
c)
Esophagus
d)
Stomach
68.
What does mucus 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.
69.
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.
70.
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.