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the digestive system

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Food is chewed in the mouth and mixed with _________?

a)

the liver

b)

gastric juices

c)

saliva

d)

bile

2.

Food is chewed in the mouth and mixed with _________?

a)

the liver

b)

gastric juices

c)

saliva

d)

bile

3.

Food travels down the __________ into the stomach.

a)

small intestine

b)

gallbladder

c)

oesophagus

d)

stomach

4.

In the stomach, the food is mixed with _____________.

a)

saliva

b)

water

c)

blood

d)

gastric juices

5.

Food leaves the stomach and travels to the ___________.

a)

small intestine

b)

large intestine

c)

mouth

d)

liver

6.

Waste foods are separated from solids and liquids in the __________________.

a)

small intestine

b)

large intestine

c)

liver

d)

stomach

7.

_________ are absorbed into the blood.

a)

saliva

b)

gastric juices

c)

bile

d)

nutrients

8.

True or false: It takes a few seconds for gastric juices to break down food in the stomach.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What does your tongue do?

a)

It produces insulin.

b)

It produces bile.

c)

nothing

d)

It moves food around your mouth.

10.

In the stomach, ______________ and gastric juices churn the food into a thick liquid.

a)

the tongue

b)

the liver

c)

stomach muscles

d)

the pancreas

11.
The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.
a)
composition
b)
digestion
c)
deposition
d)
absorption
12.
The muscular organ in the body where chemical and mechanical digestion take place.
a)
pancreas
b)
liver
c)
stomach
d)
esophagus
13.

Which of the system changes food by breaking it down into tiny particles?

a)

Respiratory system

b)

Digestive system

c)

Circulatory system

d)

Nervous system

14.

The liver stores energy and breakdown harmful substances.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Baby's food is soft and mushy because they do not have

a)

Stomach

b)

Intestines

c)

Teeth

d)

Tongue

16.

The food we eat must be digested so that the body can use it.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The digested food is supplied to all parts of the body through blood.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The food is mixed with digestive juices in the

a)

Stomach

b)

Liver

c)

Intestines

d)

Gullet

19.

The meaning of ingestion is

a)

Taking of food into the body

b)

Absorption of food

c)

breaking down of food

d)

Passing out of food

20.

Undigested food is pushed out of the body through the end of the

a)

Stomach

b)

Large intestine

c)

Small intestine

d)

Liver

21.

What is the name of this organ?

a)

Stomach

b)

Liver

c)

Pancreas

d)

Gullet

22.

What is the name of this organ?

a)

Stomach

b)

Liver

c)

Pancreas

d)

Small intestine

23.

When we eat food, what two things does our body combine?

a)
fats and nitrogen
b)
vitamins and minerals
c)
proteins and water
d)

chemicals from food and oxygen

24.

According to the video, food is _______?

a)

Fuel

b)

Tasty

c)

Delicious

d)

Unnecessary

25.

What does the esophagus connect to?

a)
intestine
b)
liver
c)
pancreas
d)
stomach