WorksheetsThe Digestive System
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What comes first?
a)
Mouth
b)
stomach
c)
large intestine
d)
none
2.
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
3.
Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
a)
Epiglottis
b)
Peristalsis
c)
Stomach
d)
Esophagus
4.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
5.
Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Gallbladder
6.
Which body system gets ride of solid waste?
a)
Excretory (Urinary)
b)
Digestive
c)
Circulatory
d)
Respiratory
7.
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
8.
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
9.
What is "digestion?" (page 44) Choose three answers.
a)
Eating is the beginning of digestion
b)
Chewing, swallowing, processing food into nutrients
c)
Sweating and circulating blood throughout the body
d)
Breaking down food into simpler substances that your body can use
10.
What is the function of saliva? (page 46) Be serious. There is one answer.
a)
It gives rude people an excuse for the disgusting habit of spitting.
b)
It helps to moisten and soften the bolus and starts to break it into some nutrients.
c)
It serves no purpose in digestion.
d)
Edgar does not use it for digestion.
11.
The digestive and circulatory system help bring _______, so that cells can make ATP.
a)
water only
b)
glucose and oxygen
c)
carbon dioxide and oxygen
d)
water and carbon dioxide
12.
The circulatory system works with the __________ system to obtain energy from nutrients that we eat.
a)
respiratory
b)
digestive
c)
skeletal
d)
nervous
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