Worksheets(E) Digestive System Concepts
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Digestion starts when you place the food in your mouth and start chewing. Once the food is chewed into a paste and you swallow it will enter the_____________.
Small intestines
Lungs
Esophagus
Trachea
What is the last section of the digestive system, where water is absorbed from food and the remaining material is eliminated from the body?
Large Intestine
Small Intestine
Appendix
Pharynx
What is the J shaped muscular sac-like organ that food enters from the esophagus?
Tongue
Pancreas
Stomach
Gallbladder
When food is chewed, mixed, and churned __________ digestion is taking place.
Chemical
Mental
Emotional
Mechanical
What is the muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?
Uvula
Esophagus
Palate
Salivary glands
When food is broken down by enzymes or acid, __________ digestion is taking place.
Chemical
Mental
Emotional
Mechanical
The __________ is where digestion begins.
Stomach
Small Inestine
Mouth
Liver
The liver produces:
bile
ptyalin
hydrochloric acid
What is this organ?
What is this organ?
What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?
mechanical
chemical
both mechanical and chemical
Where does the absorption of nutrients from food take place?
stomach
liver
small intestine
large intestine
What are the functions of the digestive system? Select ALL that apply:
What is the correct order of processes by which nutrients, energy, and waste from food are handled by organisms?
The diagram below shows a system in the human body. Four parts of the system are numbered. Which of the following correctly identifies the four numbered parts?
A
B
C
D
This organ produces several enzymes that chemically break down food and regulate blood sugar, food does not pass through this organ
liver
pancreas
gall bladder
stomach
Enzymes in your saliva help break down food, this is an example of ...
Mechanical digestion
Chemical digestion
What is the function of the teeth and tongue
chemical digestion
break down food
mechanical digestion
they only chew food
Which organ churns food and uses acid and enzymes to break down food?
stomach
esophagus
mouth
epiglottis
Where does most absorption of nutrients take place?
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Gall bladder
What are the functions of the digestive system?
digestion, absorption, elimination
ingestion, congestion, elimination
congestion, digestion, elimination
breaking down food with enzymes
chemical digestion
esophagus
peristalsis
tube connecting the mouth to the stomach
stomach
esophagus
larynx
large muscular sac that continues the mechanical and chemical digestion of food
stomach
small intestine
liver
What happens if one organ of the digestive system is not functioning properly?
We will not be able to digest food properly.
We will have no problems.
It will only affect my digestive system, but not other body systems.
Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?
So it can fit into our stomachs
So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food
So liquids can be separated from solids
So that our bodies' enzymes have something to do.
What might happen if your large intestine did not absorb water from chyme?
You couldn't digest food.
You wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom.
You would become dehydrated.
Solid waste would not be able to move throughout the digestive system
Which of the following answers correctly sequences the pathway food takes from the beginning to end?
mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine
mouth, stomach, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine
mouth, stomach, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine
