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Why do we need 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.

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Where does digestion begin?

Mouth

Stomach

Small Intestine

Large Intestine

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Chewing is an example of what kind of digestion?

Dental

Fragmentary

Chemical

Mechanical

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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

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Place the following events in sequence: A) Food enters your large intestine; B) Food enters your small intestine; C) Food enters your esophagus

A, B, C

C, B, A

C, A, B

B, A, C

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Hydrochloric acid is a caustic chemical that can burn your skin — and yet it exists in your stomach. How can this be?

Your small intestines absorb all the hydrochloric acid

The food in your stomach absorbs all the acid

Your stomach lining protects you against burns

The hydrochloric acid in your stomach is different from the hydrochloric acid you'd find in a chemistry lab

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What is chyme?

A particular type of digestive enzyme

What food is called after it's been digested by the stomach

A chemically active part of the small intestines

The passage that leads from the small intestine to the large intestine

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What might happen if you had your pancreas removed?

Your intestines might have trouble breaking down food

Your stomach might have trouble producing hydrochloric acid

You would not be able to chew properly

You would have trouble producing saliva

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What is the main function of villi?

They move food from the stomach to the small intestine

They absorb nutrients into the bloodstream

They absorb water from chyme

They move food from the small intestine to the large intestine

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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'd become dehydrated.

Solid waste couldn't be moved to the rectum.

BrainPop - Digestive System

BrainPop - Digestive System

Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?

Where does digestion begin?

Chewing is an example of what kind of digestion?

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

Place the following events in sequence: A) Food enters your large intestine; B) Food enters your small intestine; C) Food enters your esophagus

Hydrochloric acid is a caustic chemical that can burn your skin — and yet it exists in your stomach. How can this be?

What is chyme?

What might happen if you had your pancreas removed?

What is the main function of villi?

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

Why do we need to break apart the food we eat?

Where does digestion begin?

Chewing is an example of what kind of digestion?

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

Place the following events in sequence: A) Food enters your large intestine; B) Food enters your small intestine; C) Food enters your esophagus

Hydrochloric acid is a caustic chemical that can burn your skin — and yet it exists in your stomach. How can this be?

What is chyme?

What might happen if you had your pancreas removed?

What is the main function of villi?

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