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Animal Digestion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the animal with the correct digestive system.

Simple monogastric

a)

Cow

b)

Horse

c)

Chicken

d)

Pig

2.

Which is the correct flow of food movement through the ruminant stomach?

a)

Rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum

b)

Rumen, reticulum, abomasum, omasum

c)

Omasum, reticulum, rumen, abomasum

d)

Abomasum, omasum, rumen, reticulum

3.

In ruminant digestion, where does most digestion occur?

a)

rumen

b)

reticulum

c)

omasum

d)

abomasum

4.

How is the omasum able to grind and squeeze foods?

a)

It is in the middle of the stomach.

b)

It is pressed by other organs.

c)

 It contains sand and rock particles.

d)

It is folded like an accordion

5.

Match the part of the ruminant stomach with its correct function.

 Holds liquid material

a)

Abomasum

b)

Omasum

c)

Reticulum

d)

Rumen

6.

Match the part of the ruminant stomach with its correct function.

 Grinds and squeezes food

a)

Abomasum

b)

Omasum

c)

Reticulum

d)

Rumen

7.

Match the part of the ruminant stomach with its correct function.

 Most digestion occurs here

a)

Abomasum

b)

Omasum

c)

Reticulum

d)

Rumen

8.

Match the digestive action with the correct process.

 A horse chews hay in its mouth.

a)

Mechanical

b)

Biological

c)

Chemical

d)

?

9.

Match the digestive action with the correct process.

Enzymes in the saliva begin breaking down food.

a)

Mechanical

b)

Biological

c)

Chemical

d)

?

10.

Where does mechanical digestion occur?

a)

Mouth

b)

Small intestine

c)

Stomach

d)

Colon

11.

Which of the following livestock animals are ruminants?

a)

Pig, sheep, cattle

b)

Cattle, sheep, goat

c)

Pig, horse, rabbit

d)

Horse, goat, sheep

12.

The first compartment of the ruminant stomach, which is 85% of their total stomach is called the

a)

Rumen

b)

Reticulum

c)

Omasum

d)

Abomasum

13.

Absorption is

a)

the parts of the body involved with chewing and digestion feed.

b)

the taking of the digested parts of the feed into the bloodstream.

c)

feedstuffs hign in fiber.

d)

the largest section of the ruminent stomach

14.

Which part of the digestive system in ruminants is primarily responsible for fermentation of ingested feed?

a)

Rumen

b)

Reticulum

c)

Omasum

d)

Abomasum

15.

In which part of the monogastric digestive system does the majority of nutrient absorption occur?

a)

Stomach

b)

Small intestine

c)

Large intestine

d)

Esophagus