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SCIENCE
Digestive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What allows you to taste food? | Tongue |
| What Moistens Food? | Saliva |
| What Pushes food around in you mouth? | Tongue |
| What Tears and Crushes food into small pieces? | Teeth |
| What contains enzymes that help break down food? | Saliva |
| What is the clear liquid in the mouth that begins the digestive process? | Saliva |
| What is the Squeezing Movements made by the Esophagus Muscles as food moves to the stomach called? | Peristalsis |
| Between the Esophagus and the Stomach is a ring of muscles that control the opening to the stomach and this is called what? | A Sphincter |
| The Flap of tissue that closes to keep food out of the trachea is called the what? | Epiglottis |
| What is the Mixture of Enzymes, Water, and Hydrochloric acid that helps the stomach break down food called? | Gastric Juices |
| The process of Breaking down Food into forms the body can use is called what? | Digestion |
| The organs that break down food form the what? | The Digestive System |
| The path food follows through the digestive system is called the what? | The Digestive Tract |
| The tongue is covered with Special Cells that react to chemicals in the food. These cells are called what? | Taste Buds |
| What Connects the Throat to the Stomach? | The Esophagus |
| What is a Stretchy Storage Bag in the digestive tract called? | The Stomach |
| The Stomach turns food into a Liquid Mixture called what? | Chyme |
| Name the four (4) basic tastes? | Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Salty |
| Where is the stomach located in the body? | Below the ribcage |
| What are two ways in which the Stomach Works on food? | Mechanically and Chemically |
| What Filters Poisons and Wastes from the blood? | Liver |
| What Produces Insulin? | Pancreas |
| What Makes Enzymes that break down foods? | Pancreas |
| What Stores excess Bile and releases it when needed? | Gallbladder |
| What Produces Bile? | Liver |
| Nutrients from food are absorbed into the blood, as the Chyme passes through the what? | Small intestine |
| The Small Intestine is lined with tiny fingerlike structures called what? | Villi |
| Water and Salts are absorbed by the body as the chyme passes through the what? | Large Intestine |
| What provides stored Energy and helps Insulate the body: | Fats |
| What are the main source of energy for the body? | Carbohydrates |
| What are used to build and repair the body? | Proteins |
| Name the kinds of nutrients a healthy body needs? | Protiens, Minerals, Fats, Carbohydrates and Water |
| Is it better to eat a variety of foods or the same kind of food all the time? | Variety |
| Why is it better to eat a Variety of Foods? | Because it is the best way to get a proper balance of nutrients. |
| Why does the body need Water? | The body needs water because it helps to digest food and some nutrients need water to be used |
| Other than eating the right kinds of foods, what else is an important part of good nutrition? | Exercise |
| What is the item called that shows the different kinds of food you should eat every day? | Food Pyramid |
| Meat, peas, nuts, seeds, and beans are all good sources of what? | Protein |
| The wider stripes on the Pyramid mean that you should eat (More Or Less) foods from those groups than from the groups with thinner stripes? | More |
| Foods in what group provide Calcium for your body? | Dairy |
| You should eat vegetables of all different what? | Colors |
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