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Y8 Digestive organs

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 16mins

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 stores bile?
a)
Colon
b)
Gall Bladder
c)
Small Intestine
10.
What is the definition for digestion?
a)
Breaking down food into smaller nutrients
b)
Getting rid of waste products
c)
Getting food into our bodies
d)
Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, so that our cells can use them
11.
The muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?
a)
esophagus
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
mouth
12.
The organ where food doesn't pass through but it does break down fats and detoxify poisons?
a)
liver
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
large intestine
13.
Enzymes and acids are examples of 
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
14.
Chewing, grinding, and churning are examples of...
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
15.
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.
16.

Where does the digestive system start?

a)

The liver

b)

The throat

c)

The stomach

d)

The mouth

17.

What does the small intestine do?

a)

reabsorbs the water after the process of the system.

b)

Absorbs most of the end of the nutrients and minerals from where the food takes place.

c)

keeps the stomach in balance for when the system starts.

d)

Absorbs most of the food that's left from the process.

18.

Which is the esophagus?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

19.

What does the large intestine do?

a)

digest the food from this process

b)

makes a pathway for the food

c)

reabsorb a lot of the water from this process

d)

absorbs the food from this process

20.

What does the pharynx have that functions it to sallow the food?

a)

salivary glands

b)

saliva walls

c)

esophagus

d)

muscular walls

21.

Which parts of the diagram is the small and large intestine?

a)

A~ small intestine

E~ large intestine

b)

D~ small intestine

E~ large intestine

c)

C~ large intestine

B~ small intestine

d)

A~ large intestine

C~ small intestine

e)

E~ small intestine

D~ large intestine

22.

Which organ churns food and uses acid and enzymes to break down food?

a)

stomach

b)

esophagus

c)

mouth

d)

epiglottis

23.

Which of the following is the function of the epiglottis

a)

It is the tube that connects the mouth to stomach

b)

it is a flap of cartilage that keeps food out of the lungs

c)

it is how the stomach connects to the small intestine

d)

I have no idea

24.

Food moves through the esophagus and the rest of the digestive tract by waves of muscle contractions called

a)

peristalsis

b)

homeostasis

c)

sonar waves

d)

tsunami waves

25.

a thin, watery liquid that forms when food mixes with gastric juices

a)

chyme

b)

gastric juice

c)

papain

d)

enzyme

26.
Your large and small intestines are part of this body system.
a)
nervous
b)
digestive
c)
muscular
d)
skeletal
27.

The salivary glands in your mouth produce about 6 cups of saliva which helps contains enzymes to break down food as well as water to help with swallowing.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE