The Digestive system

Question 1

What does ingestion mean

Answer 1

take in food

Question 2

What are enzymes

Answer 2

chemicals that speed up Reactions

Question 3

What is amylase

Answer 3

An enzyme found in the saliva ,it helps break down starch so it can be absorbed

Question 4

what does the salivary glands do

Answer 4

produce the enzyme amylase

Question 5

what does the liver store

Answer 5

vitamins and minerals and produces bile

Question 6

what is absorption

Answer 6

when product of digestion enters the blood

Question 7

Name the four types of teeth

Answer 7

incisor, canine , premolar , molar

Question 8

What is the process of food that moves through oesophagus called

Answer 8

peristalsis

Question 9

what percent of the digestion happens in the small intestine

Answer 9

90%

Question 10

what is an organ

Answer 10

a group of tissues working together to carry out function

Question 11

difference between physical and chemical digestion

Answer 11

physical is where the teeth breaks down the food in small bits and chemical is where the enzymes break down food into smaller parts

Question 12

what does hydrochloric do in the stomach

Answer 12

kills bacteria and loosens food to make it easier to digest