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Digestive System

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.
a)
composition
b)
digestion
c)
deposition
d)
absorption
2.
A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.
a)
pepsin
b)
pepsi
c)
saliva
d)
salty
3.
Provides additional enzymes(pancreatic juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the small intestine.
a)
liver
b)
kidneys
c)
gall bladder
d)
pancreas
4.
a)
esophagus
b)
liver
c)
stomach
d)
pancreas
5.
a)
stomach
b)
pancreas
c)
large intestine
d)
small intestine
6.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
7.
Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
8.

Where does digestion begin?

a)

Our teeth

b)

Our stomach

c)

The esophogus

d)

Small intestines

9.
What is the definition for digestion?
a)

Breaking down food into smaller nutrients (molecules)

b)

Using waste products

c)

Getting food into our bellies

10.
The muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?
a)
esophagus
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
mouth
11.
Enzymes and acids are examples of 
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
12.
Chewing, grinding, and churning are examples of...
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
13.

What do the villi in organs do? This was on a video we watched

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.

14.

The digestive system makes food into _____.

a)

water

b)

energy

c)

intestines

15.

The mouth, teeth, and tongue _____ food.

a)

chew

b)

digest

c)

stomach

16.

The _____ makes food into a liquid.

a)

esophagus

b)

water

c)

stomach

17.

The _____ is the first part of the digestive system.

a)

large intestine

b)

stomach

c)

mouth

18.

The _____ brings food from the mouth to the stomach.

a)

esophagus

b)

mouth

c)

stomach

19.

Liquid from the stomach goes into the _____.

a)

food

b)

esophagus

c)

intestines

20.

_____ is the part of food the body does not need.

a)

grow

b)

waste

c)

nutrients

21.

What comes after the small intestine in the pathway of digestion?

a)

mouth

b)

stomach

c)

large intestine

d)

liver

22.

What comes before the esophagus in the path of digestion?

a)

large intestine

b)

small intestine

c)

stomach

d)

mouth/teeth

23.

what is the path of digestion?

a)

starts at mouth but ends at large intestine

b)

starts at mouth but ends at stomach

c)

food starts in mouth but ends up being waste

d)

starts at mouth but ends at liver