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Digestive System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the first step in digestion?

a)

Ingestion

b)

Absorption

c)

Excretion

d)

Digestion

2.

why is the esophagus is important in the digestive system?

a)

to swallow food

b)

to chew food

c)

to choke food

d)

to absorb foodesophagus

3.

The small intestine is responsible for ____________?

a)

adding food

b)

chewing

c)

breaking down food

d)

absorbion of nutrients

4.

Taking in food therough the mouth is called ___________________?

a)

absorption

b)

digestion

c)

ingestion

d)

indigestion

5.

A long folded tube inside the body attached to the stomach where nutrients in the food are absorbed

a)

esophagus

b)

large intestines

c)

pancreas

d)

small intestines

6.

A flap or tissue that closes when we eat so food doesn't go down the tranchea

a)

epiglottis

b)

larynx

c)

pharnyx

d)

trachea

7.

It produces bile

a)

gallbladder

b)

liver

c)

stomach

d)

small intestines

8.

What enzyme is found in the saliva that breakesdown carbohydrates?

a)

amylase

b)

bolus

c)

chyme

d)

pesin

9.

What is the rhythmic muscular contractions of your esophagus so that the food can move along?

a)

sliding

b)

contraction

c)

peristalsis

d)

paralysis

10.

What is the last step of digestion?

a)

absorption

b)

digestion

c)

excretion

d)

ingestion