Digestive System

Where does most absorption of nutrients take place?

• Stomach

• Small intestine

• Large intestine

• Gall bladder

Where is bile produced?

• Kidney

• Pancreas

• Liver

• Small intestine

Which organ churns food and uses acid and enzymes to break down food?

• stomach

• esophagus

• mouth

• epiglottis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Enzymes and acids are examples of 

• mechanical digestion
• chemical digestion

Match the following

• stomach

• 
• esophagus

• 
• liver

• 

What do the villi do?

• Digests food in the mouth.
• Digests food in the stomach
• Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
• Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.

What is the primary function of the small intestine in the digestive system?

• To absorb water from undigested food

• To store undigested food

• To absorb nutrients from digested food

• To produce digestive enzymes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Chewing and tearing apart food into smaller pieces is...

• physical/mechanical
• chemical

______ transports the nutrients from the undigested food to every cell if the body

• Water

• Blood

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What part of the digestive system mechanically and chemically breaks down food?

• mouth

• stomach

• both the mouth and stomach