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Digestive System Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the digestive system do?

a)

Helps you breathe

b)

Breaks down food for your body

c)

Makes your bones strong

d)

Helps you run faster

2.

What happens in your mouth to start digestion?

a)

Your teeth and saliva break down food

b)

Your stomach growls

c)

Food turns into energy

d)

Your tongue swallows food whole

3.

What is saliva?

a)

A liquid that helps you breathe

b)

A liquid in your mouth that helps break down food

c)

A part of your teeth

d)

Another word for water

4.

What is an enzyme?

a)

A type of muscle

b)

A tiny thing that helps break down food

c)

A kind of tooth

d)

A part of your stomach

5.

What is the hard outer layer of your teeth called?

a)

Cavity

b)

Enamel

c)

Taste bud

d)

Epiglottis

6.

What do you call a hole in a tooth?

a)

Enzyme

b)

Taste bud

c)

Cavity

d)

Sphincter

7.

What helps you taste food?

a)

Taste buds

b)

Enamel

c)

Epiglottis

d)

Digestive system

8.

What is umami?

a)

A part of the stomach

b)

A taste like salty or sweet

c)

Another name for bile

d)

A kind of vitamin

9.

What keeps food from going down the wrong pipe when you swallow?

a)

Stomach

b)

Enzyme

c)

Epiglottis

d)

Esophagus

10.

What is the esophagus?

a)

A tube that carries food to your stomach

b)

A part of your mouth

c)

A type of vitamin

d)

A type of sugar

11.

What does the stomach do?

a)

Breaks food into smaller pieces

b)

Helps you breathe

c)

Makes blood

d)

Stores vitamins

12.

What is mechanical digestion?

a)

Breaking food with teeth or muscles

b)

Breaking food with chemicals

c)

Adding water to food

d)

Turning food into blood

13.

What are gastric juices?

a)

Chemicals in the stomach that help digestion

b)

Juices you drink with food

c)

Spit that helps you swallow

d)

A type of bile

14.

What are villi?

a)

Tiny finger-like shapes in the small intestine

b)

Muscles in your esophagus

c)

Vitamins in food

d)

Taste buds

15.

What does the liver make to help digestion?

a)

Insulin

b)

Bile

c)

Saliva

d)

Enzymes

16.

What does the pancreas help control?

a)

Taste

b)

Vitamins

c)

Blood sugar with insulin

d)

Your bones

17.

What are calories?

a)

A kind of vitamin

b)

Energy your body gets from food

c)

Tiny enzymes

d)

A type of protein

18.

What do proteins help build in your body?

a)

Bones and muscles

b)

Blood sugar

c)

Energy

d)

Enzymes

19.

Who helps people eat healthy?

a)

Dentist

b)

Nutritionist

c)

Doctor

d)

Teacher

20.

Which of these is a carbohydrate?

a)

Milk

b)

Bread

c)

Chicken

d)

Water

21.

What do vitamins and minerals do?

a)

Keep your body healthy and working

b)

Give your body energy

c)

Help your body build muscles

d)

Protect your teeth