1. Where does mechanical digestion begins ?
2. Breaks down food using gastric juices and strong muscles to churn and mash the food
3. Where does chemical digestion begins ?
4. How does food move through your digestive tract?
A. By gravity
B. By wavelike muscle contractions
C. By cilia
D. By chemical absorption
5. Place where solid waste leaves the body
6. What does the digestive system do?
A) Breaks down and provide the body with nutrients
B) Pumps blood throughout the body
C) Helps you breathe
D) Helps your arms and legs move
7. What is the purpose of the pancreas in the digestive system?
a.To produce pancreatic juices that break down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
b.To absorb nutrients from digested food.
c.To filter waste products from the blood.
d.To store excess bile produced by the liver.
8. What is the function of the small intestine in the digestive system?
a.To store excess bile produced by the liver.
b. To filter waste products from the blood.
c. To absorb nutrients from digested food.
d. To break down food with acid and enzymes.
9. Chewing food with teeth and tongue is an example of a
A. Chemical Digestion
B. Mechanical Digestion
C. Peristalsis
D. Enzymatic Reaction
10. Where does chemical digestion begin?
A.mouth
B. esophagus
C. stomach
D. small intestine
11. Which of the following parts no digestion takes place ?
a.In the esophagus and large intestine
b.In the mouth and small intestine
c.In the stomach and mouth
d.In the small intestine and large intestine
12. What is the function of the small intestine in the digestive system?
a.To store excess bile produced by the liver.
b. To filter waste products from the blood.
c. To absorb nutrients from digested food.
d. To break down food with acid and enzymes.
13. Which of the following is NOT true about peristalsis?
A. Moves food along the digestive system
B. Involves involuntary muscular contractions
C. Starts in the mouth and continues through the rectum
D. Starts in the esophagus and ends in the large intestine
14. What is the function of the stomach in the digestive system?
A.To store excess bile produced by the liver.
B.To absorb nutrients from digested food.
C.To filter waste products from the blood.
D.To break down food with grastic juices.
15. Where is waste stored before it is eliminated from the body?
A.rectum
B.epiglottis
C.esophagus
D. pancreas
16. Tiny fingerlike projections in the small intestine:
A.Villi
B.Anus
C. Rectum
D. Tentacles
17. What is peristalsis?
a.The absorption of nutrients from digested food.
b.The storage of excess bile produced by the liver.
c.The contraction of muscles in the digestive system to move food along.
d.The filtration of waste products from the blood.
18. How does food move through your digestive tract?
A. By gravity
B. By wavelike muscle contractions
C. By cilia
D. By chemical absorption
19. Tiny fingerlike projections in the small intestine:
A.Villi
B.Anus
C. Rectum
D. Tentacles
20. Another name for the digestive system is the
21. What tube moves food from the back of your throat to the stomach?
A) Epiglottis
B) Esophagus
C) Feeding tube
D) Pharynx
22. When they reach the stomach, mashed-up food particles mix with:
A) Guava juice B) Gastric juices C) Mucus D) Bile
23. The digestive process starts in the:
A) Stomach B) Esophagus C) Mouth D) Bathroom
24. Excess water is re-absorbed from undigested food by this______
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. appendix
D. stomach
25. What is the function of the large intestine in the digestive system?
a.To filter waste products from the blood.
b.To store excess bile produced by the liver.
c.To break down food with acid and enzymes.
d.To absorb water from undigested food
26. Bile is made in the:
A) Large intestine
B) Stomach
C) Liver
D) All of the above
27. Where does the digestion end?
28. Excess water is re-absorbed from undigested food by this______
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. appendix
D. stomach
29. Two places where no digestion take place are
A. Mouth and stomach
B. Esophagus and large intestine
C. Large and small intestine
D. Rectum and stomach
30. Which of the following parts no digestion takes place ?
31. The liver’s role is to
A) Mash up food and digest vitamins
B) Turn water into food
C) Help the stomach churn food
D) Remove harmful substances from the blood and make bile
32. You can keep your digestive system stay healthy by eating _________________?
Gavin Thomas
