Digestive System and Nutrition

Fact: The highlighted organ is the?

• Liver

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Stomach

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What is the acidic fluid that leaves the stomach after it has been thoroughly interrogated?

• Bolus

• Chyme

• Hydrochloric acid

• Enzymes

Fact: In the wild world of digestion, what do you call the ball-like mixture of food and saliva that forms in your mouth?

• Peristalsis

• Mucus

• Epiglottis

• Bolus

What do proteins break down into? Hint: It's not bears.

• fatty acids

• nucleic acids

• amino acids

• hydrochloric acids

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Fact: The liver, much like a factory, produces a crucial substance. What is it?

• bile

• ptyalin

• hydrochloric acid

Fact: The place where digestion begins is as important as the Schrute family beet farm. Identify it.

• Stomach

• Small Inestine

• Mouth

• Liver

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

When you eat a beet, and it gets broken down by enzymes or acid, that's called __________ digestion.

• Chemical

• Mental

• Emotional

• Mechanical

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

When you chew, mix, and churn food, you are engaging in __________ digestion. It's like being the assistant regional manager of your own stomach.

• Chemical

• Mental

• Emotional

• Mechanical

This carbohydrate is like a security guard for your digestive system, keeping things in order and making sure you don't feel hungry too soon. What is it?

• unsaturated

• simple

• fiber

• cholesterol

Fact: In the stomach, two substances are always present. Identify them.

• Hydrogen peroxide and pepsin

• Hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide

• Hydrochloric acid and pepsin

• Amylase and pepsin

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2