Human Health And Systems

Question 1

Ingestion or eating

Answer 1

Food being taken into the body

Question 2

Digestion

Answer 2

Food is broken down

Question 3

Absorption

Answer 3

Digested food passes onto the bloodstream

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Using food in the cells of the body

Question 5

Elimination

Answer 5

Getting rid of undigested food

Question 6

Physical digestion

Answer 6

Breaking down large pieces of food into smaller pieces
Mouth (teeth)
Stomach (churning)

Question 7

Chemical digestion

Answer 7

Uses chemicals called enzymes to break down food
Enzymes speed up reactions without being used up in the reaction