Digestive System

Question 1

Nutrition

Answer 1

Nutrition is the process of taking in food to provide our body with energy (glucose) which is needed to carry out life process and stay alive

Question 2

Minerals

Answer 2

Essential chemicals

Question 3

Fibre

Answer 3

Cleans intestines

Question 4

Water

Answer 4

Keeps the body hydrated

Question 5

Protein

Answer 5

Builds and repairs body tissue

Question 6

Fat

Answer 6

Concentrated energy source

Question 7

Carbohydrates

Answer 7

Provides energy

Question 8

Vitamins

Answer 8

Used for specific body processes

Question 9

Define Digestion

Answer 9

The process of breaking large, complex food particles into small, simple particles to be absorbed into the bloodstream

Question 10

List the order of the Digestion System

Answer 10

mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus

Question 11

Mouth

Answer 11

Where the food is broken down and becomes a bolus

Question 12

Oesophagus

Answer 12

The bolus travels down the oesophagus by the process of peristalsis (muscles contracting forcing the bolus down)

Question 13

Stomach

Answer 13

Bolus is further broken down into a thick liquid called chyme

Question 14

Small Intestine

Answer 14

Fat is broken down (by the duodenum) and nutrients are extracted and carried through the bloodstream (by the jejunum and ileum)

Question 15

Large Intestine

Answer 15

Excess water is extracted

Question 16

Rectum

Answer 16

Tube connecting large intestine to the anus and is wear stools are stored

Question 17

Anus

Answer 17

Excretes stools

Question 18

Ingestion

Answer 18

Mouth - Oesophagus

Question 19

Digestion

Answer 19

Mouth - Small Intestine

Question 20

Absorption

Answer 20

Small Intestine - Large Intestine

Question 21

Egestion

Answer 21

Anus