Digestive System 6th grade

Where does digestion start?

• in the stomach

• in the mouth

• in the esophagus

• in the intestines

The breaking down of food into pieces the body can absorb is called?

• absorption

• stomach

  acid

• digestion

• excrement

This helps us mush up food in the mouth and swallow

• saliva

• acid

• water

• juice

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Another name for the "food tube"

• stomach

• intestines

• liver

• esophagus

A lot of acid is in this organ to brak food down

• liver

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

The organ where most of the food is absorbed

• large intestine

• stomach

• small intestine

• gall bladder

Chewing, mashing, grinding....

• chemical digestion

• mechanical digestion

• saliva

• peristalsis

The muscular movement of food through the digestive tract

• stomach acid

• peristalsis

• dancing

• digestion

After food leaves the stomach where does it go next?

• esophagus

• small intestine

• large intestine

• bladder

When saliva and stomach acid break down food this is called

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• peristalsis

• mixing

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-2