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WorksheetsQuiz 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the definition for ingestion?
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
2.
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
3.
What is the definition for absorption?
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
4.
What is the definition for elimination?
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
5.
Where does the digestion of starch begin?
a)
esophagus
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
mouth
6.
The muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?
a)
esophagus
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
mouth
7.
Where are nutrients absorbed into the blood?
a)
esophagus
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
mouth
8.
The organ where food is mashed and then broken down by acids?
a)
esophagus
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
mouth
9.
Where extra water and minerals are absorbed through the cells of this organ ...
a)
liver
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
large intestine
10.
Food broken down by physical processes is called
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
11.
Food broken down by chemicals is called
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
12.
Chewing, grinding, and churning are examples of...
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
13.
Enzymes and acids are examples of
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
14.
What is the correct order in which food passes through the digestive system?
a)
mouth>stomach>large intestine>small intestine
b)
esophagus>sm intestine>stomach>lg intestine
c)
stomach>sm intestine>esophagus>mouth
d)
mouth>esophagus>stomach>sm intestine>lg intestine
15.
What type of digestion takes place in the stomach?
a)
mechanical
b)
chemical
c)
both mechanical and chemical
16.
What enzyme is found in saliva that starts digesting carbohydrates?
a)
amylase
b)
chyme
c)
pepsin
d)
bile
17.
What part of the digestive system mechanically and chemically breaks down food?
a)
mouth
b)
stomach
c)
both the mouth and stomach
18.
What chemically breaks down food into smaller molecules?
a)
teeth
b)
muscles of the stomach
c)
enzymes
19.
What are the rhythmic muscular contractions of your esophagus called to help food move along?
a)
swallowing
b)
peristalsis
c)
inertia contractions
d)
paralysis
20.
Which of the following is an accessory organ?
a)
Stomach
b)
Small Intesting
c)
Liver
d)
Large Intestine
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