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A mix of questions about the digestive system
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What is digestion?
When the villi absorbs nutrients
A sushi roll
A new brand of ipods
When your body digests food
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What is physical/mechanical digestion?
When saliva moistens your food.
When your body physically changes your food using muscles.
When your stomach churns the food.
When your body chemically changes your food using enzymes.
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What is peristalsis?
The involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles
An essential organ next to the heart
An essential organ next to the liver
A type of snake
4
What are the rectum/anus?
They digest your food
There are no such things
Where stool is stored and where it exits the digestive track
They remove most of the water and transfer nutrients
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What is the stomach's main purpose in the digestive system?
Stores and uses churning motions to break down food.
It is where the villi are
Determines whether you are fat or skinny
It is where your DNA is stored
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What is amylase?
A type of hairstyle
A way to swim
A liquid produced by salivary glands to break down food.
One of your molars
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Why is the large intestine an important part of the digestive system?
It absorbs most of the remaining water from the food
It creates bile to break down the food
It releases saliva into the mouth to moisten food
It transports nutrients to the blood
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What is the main function of the small intestine?
It does not have a function in the digestive system
It gets rid of unnecessary waste
It absorbs most of the remaining water from the food
It absorbs nutrients into the blood stream.
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What part does blood play in the digestive system?
Blood helps dissolve the food
Blood is not a part of the digestive system
Villi deliver nutrients to the blood
Without blood, digestion would not be able to take place
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What is absorption
A way of showing kindness
When the villi absorb nutrients into the bloodstream.
When your body processes out unneeded food
When the salivary glands produce amylase
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What is chemical digestion?
When you chew your food
When the large intestine removes water from the food
When the enzymes or other product break down food chemically
When the small intestine transports nutrient to the blood.
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What is ingestion?
When your body digests food
When nutrients are absorbed by the villi
When you swallow food or drink
A type of poem
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Where are the salivary glands on the human body?
Chest
Legs
Head
Mouth
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What is elimination?
When you body processes out unneeded food
When someone is knocked out from sports
The process of getting rid of answers you know are wrong
When you get the question wrong on the trivia game
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What is the main purpose of the mouth in the digestive system?
To smile
To break down food into smaller pieces
To use bile to break down food
They release saliva to moisten food
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What is chyme?
A thick liquid in the stomach that's used to break down food
A organ next to the gall bladder
A seasoning for food.
A rare type of fish
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What is the pancreas' part in digestion?
It is where food is stored
It is where the food goes after the mouth
It releases enzymes into the small intestine for digestion
It is not part of the digestion system.
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What are the villi used for?
They serve people at restaurants
They prevent blood cancer
They transport nutrients to the blood from the intestine
They give bones nutrients
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Which is an example of chemical digestion?
When your teeth chew your food
When hydrochloric acid breaks down food in you stomach.
When the food exits your digestive track
When you saliva mixes and moistens your food.
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What is the esophagus?
A canal that boats travel through
A moat that water travels from into farms
A canal that food travels down to the stomach
The last part of the digestive system
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What part does the liver play in the digestive system?
The food come here after the esophagus
It is not a part of the digestive system
It's villi transport nutrients from the food into the blood
It releases bile into the small intestine
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What is an example of physical/mechanical digestion?
When the food exits the digestive track.
When you chew your food.
When the stomach uses churning motions to break down food.
When your saliva mixes with your food.
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Why is the gall bladder an important part of digestion?
It releases saliva into the mouth?
It isn't
It uses peristalsis to move the food to the stomach
Bile is stored here and released into the intestine
