digestion

Why do we need food to break apart the food we eat?

• So it can fit into our stomachs

• So our bodies can use the nutrients from the food

• So liquids can be separated from solids

• So that our bodies' enzymes have something to do.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

What is the digestive system?

• A system to take out the bad stuff that's in your body

• A system where a certain group of organs work together to convert food into energy to feed the body

• A system where certain organs in the body digest the food you eat

• A system that the organs in the stomach make food for the body to digest.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The chewing of your food is called what?

• Eating

• Mastication

• Swallowing

• Enzymes

Involuntary muscle contractions which move a bolus through the gastrointestinal tract are called

• mastication

• peristalsis

• defecation

• chyme

Hydrochloric acid is secreted in the _______________ .

• oesophagus

• stomach

• large intestine

• small intestine

Most nutrient absorption occurs in the ________________ .

• mouth

• stomach

• large intestines

• small intestines

Identify the organ that produces bile.

• pancreas

• liver

• gall bladder

• large intestines

Which of the following is the correct order for the major parts of the gastrointestinal tract?

• oesophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, mouth

• mouth, stomach, oesophagus, large intestine, small intestine

• mouth, small intestine, stomach, oesophagus, large intestine

• mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

Which of the following converts starch into maltose?

• maltase

• lactase

• sucrase

• salivary amylase

Protein is broken down into ______________ before they are asborbed into the small intestines.

• fatty acids

• amino acids

• citric acid

• hydrochiloric