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WorksheetsDigestive System
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 34mins
Where did Sassafras twins travel after learning about muscular system in China?
Where does digestion process begin?
esophagus
What do you call watery liquid secreted into the mouth by glands, providing lubrication for chewing, swallowing, and aiding digestion?
(a)
Avielle was eating a sandwich, and Boaz asked her, "What do you call the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach?" What should she answer?
(a)
When you swallow the food, your (a) closes, keeping food from going down the (b) and into your (c) .
Label the parts of the digestive system.
Epiglottis
Large Intestine
Esophagus
Stomach
Small Intestine
Reorder the following options to describe the beginning of the digestion process:
When you chew, you break up the food with your teeth.
Saliva mixes with the food in your mouth helping the digestive process.
Your throat squeezes together when you swallow pushing down the food into your esophagus.
The muscles in your esophagus squeeze and push the food into your stomach.
Your stomach stretches and digestive fluids pour into it to break down the food further.
Find the city in Texas where Sassafras traveled to learn about the Digestive System.
What is the hard, shiny, white outer layer of your teeth that covers the underlying tissues?
Pulp
Dentin
Gum
Enamel
Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body – even stronger than bone – and is made up almost entirely of minerals.
True
False
Label the teeth:
incisors
canines
premolars
molars
Match the organ in the digestive system to its function (what it does):
teeth
break food into pieces
tongue
pushes food to the back of the throat
epiglottis
covers the windpipe
esophagus
connects the mouth to the stomach
stomach
churns and crushes food
The stomach can expand (a) times its size to accommodate a meal.
How much volume of food and liquid can an average stomach approximately hold?
A cup
A quart
Gallon = 4 quarts
5 gallons
In stomach, the food is crushed into a paste called
(a)
Label the picture.
small intestine
large intestine
stomach
liver
How long is small intestine?
5 times the length of your body
about the same length as your body
double the length of your body
3.5 times the length of your body
Label three sections of the small intestines:
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Which one is the microscopic view of the small intestine?
Katie was asking her friend: "Do you know what tiny, finger-like structures in the small intestine that help absorb nutrients from your food during digestion are called?" If Katie's friend read the Sassafras story, she would know that they are called:
Lumen
Villi
Epiglottis
Pancreas
Draw a microscopic view of the small intestine.
Hint: draw a forest of villi.
Which organ of the digestive system produces bile - that helps digest fat?
Which organ is the liver?
Which one is the gallbladder?
Which one is the pancreas?
Where is the bile stored?
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas
Stomach walls
Draw an organ of the digestive system that you find the most fascinating (interesting).
