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Digestion Practice Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

​ (a)   occurs in the mouth.

Choose from the below words
Both mechanical and chemical digestion
Only chemical digestion
Only mechanical digestion
2.

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

a)

stomach

b)

esophagus

c)

mouth

d)

epiglottis

3.

What is the function of the teeth and tongue

a)

chemical digestion

b)

break down food

c)

mechanical digestion

d)

they only chew food

4.

What connects the mouth to the stomach

a)

epiglottis

b)

pylorus

c)

esophagus

d)

tongue

5.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
6.
Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Gallbladder
7.
Enzymes (chemicals) in your saliva help break down food while chewing.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
8.

chemical used to digest food

a)

enzyme

b)

saliva

9.

What are the steps of the digetive process?

a)

Digestion in the small intestine, chewing, in the stomach, absorption and waste elimination.

b)

Chewing, digestion in the stomach, digestion in the small intestine, absorption and waste elimination.

c)

Chewing, digestion in the stomach, waste elimination, absoption and digestion in the small intestine.

10.

what is the esophagus do

a)

it pushes food into the stomach

b)

?

c)

breaks down food and pushes into stomach

d)

is a long tube that leads to stomach

11.

Food travels down the esophogus to the_______.

a)

Gull bladder

b)

Mouth

c)

Stomach

d)

Small intestine

12.

The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood.

a)

absorption

b)

digestion

c)

peristalsis

d)

villi

13.

absorbs water

a)

small intestine

b)

stomach

c)

villi

d)

large intestine

14.

The pancreas, liver, and gallbladder are known as...

a)

accessory organs

b)

the digestive tract

c)

acid makers

d)

digestion helpers

15.

waves of muscular contractions that move food through the digestive tract.

a)

digestion

b)

absorption

c)

peristalsis

d)

villi

16.

Which organ produces bile that breaks down food?

a)

pancreas

b)

liver

c)

gall bladder

d)

stomach

17.

Which organ stores bile?

a)

gall bladder

b)

villi

c)

pancreas

d)

liver

18.

When the pancreas does not make enough insulin to break down glucose.

a)

Diabetes

b)

Cancer

c)

Appendicitis

d)

Acid Reflux

19.
The ______________ is where food is mixed with juices and is squeezed and churned until it becomes a thick liquid. 
a)
esophagus
b)
stomach
c)
small intestine
d)
large intestine
20.
Which part of the digestive system is number 1?
a)
esophagus
b)
mouth
c)
small intestine
d)
liver
21.
Which part of the digestive system is number 2?
a)
esophagus
b)
stomach
c)
small intestine
d)
liver
22.
Which part of the digestive system is number 3?
a)
esophagus
b)
stomach
c)
small intestine
d)
liver
23.
Which part of the digestive system is number 4?
a)
esophagus
b)
large intestine
c)
small intestine
d)
liver
24.
Which part of the digestive system is number 5?
a)
esophagus
b)
large intestine
c)
small intestine
d)
liver
25.
Which part of the digestive system is number 6?
a)
esophagus
b)
large intestine
c)
small intestine
d)
liver