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1
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The amount of energy in food measured in Calories.

A

calorie

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2
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the amount of energy it takes to raise temperatures

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calorie

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3
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Releases the energy from the processed food.

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your digestive system

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4
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The parts of food used by the body to grow and survive

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Nutrients

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5
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Examples of nutrients

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protein,fats,carbohydrates vitamins and minerals.

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6
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the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small particles and molecules that your body can absorb

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Digestion

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7
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The 4 step digestion

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ingestion, digestion absorption and elimination

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8
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When you chew ,mash ,and grind food with you teeth and tongue

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mechanical Digestion

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9
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Breakdown pieces of food into small molecules

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Chemical digestion

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10
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when you put food such as bread ,into your mouth

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ingestion

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11
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an enzyme in your mouth that helps break down carbohhydrates

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saliva

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12
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A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach

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Esophagus

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13
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the food moves through the esophagus and the rest of the digestive tract by waves of muscle contractions

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peristalsis

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14
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a large hallow organ that stores food

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stomach

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15
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an adult stomach can hold about of food and liquid

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2 liters

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16
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Enable the stomach to expand and large amounts of food

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the folds on the inner walls

17
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the cells in these folds produce chemicals that helps break down

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protein

18
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this stomach fluid makes the stomach acidic

A

Gastric juice

19
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an enzyme that helps break down protein in foods amino acids

A

pepsin

20
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a long tube that is connected to the stomach it is about 7m(23ft) long

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small intestine

21
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fingerlike projections that covers the folds of the small intestins

A

villi

22
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Nurtrients enter the blood through blood vessels in this digestive organ

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small intestine

23
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also known as the colon

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large intestines

24
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is about 1.5 m (5ft) long it has larger diameters the the small intestine

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large intestine

25
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where water is absorbed leaving behind semisolid waste

A

large intestine

26
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the last section of the large intestine about 8 inches long

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rectum

27
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the fanal opening or exit door of the digestive system

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anus

28
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the semiolid waste that is read to leave the digestive system

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feces

29
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remove liquid waste from the body

A

urnary system

30
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beanshaped organs that filters or remove waste from blood

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kidneys

31
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ureters from kidneys deliver liquid waste to this organ that is like a

A

bladder

32
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liquid waste leaves the body from the small tube that is connected to the

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Urethra