Digestive System

Digestion

• may be mechanical (physical) or chemical

• is also known as ingestion

• is the process of taking food into the mouth

• is the process of breaking food down into nutrients

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Choose the right order of organs in the alimentary canal/gastrointestinal tract

• Mouth, Esophagus, Pharynx, Stomach, Large Intestine, Small Intestine

• Mouth, Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine

• Mouth, Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Large Intestine, Small Intestine

• Pharynx, Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine

The voluntary process of taking food or drink into the body through the mouth

• Ingestion
• Absorption

• Propulsion

• Defecation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The forceful movement of food from one organ to the next

• Ingestion

• Absorption

• Mechanical Digestion

• Propulsion

The physical breakdown of food into smaller particles

• Chemical Digestion

• Absorption

• Mechanical Digestion

• Propulsion

When large food molecules are broken down into their building blocks by enzymes

• Chemical Digestion

• Mechanical Digestion

• Absorption

• Ingestion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions in the body. These hydrolysis reactions require

• Food

• Energy

• Water

• Blood

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What occurs when nutrients travel from the GI tract into the bloodstream to the small intestine, where the bloodstream then carries nutrients to cells throughout the body?

• Chemical Digestion

• Absorption

• Ingestion

• Propulsion

The elimination of solid waste from the body

• Propulsion

• Mechanical Digestion

• Chemical Digestion

• Defecation

What detects stretching of organ walls?