Digestive System

Amylase in saliva changes starch into...

• sugar

• waste

• stomach acid

• chyme

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

chemical digestion happens here

• stomach

• liver

• pancreas

• large intestine

mechanical digestion happens here

• stomach

• liver

• esophagus

• pancreas

A disease in which stomach acid goes up into the esophagus causing burning pain and sometimes ulcers.

• celiac disease

• GERD (acid reflux)

• appendicitus

• diarhea

What might happen if your large intestine did not absorb water from chyme?

• You couldn't digest food.

• You wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom.

• You would become dehydrated.

• Solid waste would not be able to move throughout the digestive system

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Where does digestion begin?

• Our teeth

• Our stomach

• The esophogus

• Small intestines

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Chewing is an example of what type of digestion?

• Dental

• Fragmentary

• Chemical

• Mechanical

If you wanted to find the glands that produce salivary amylase, where would you look?

• In your mouth

• In your throat

• In your intestines

• In your stomach

Place the following events in sequence: Food enters your large intestines

• A, B, C

• C, B, A

• C, A, B

• B, A, C