The Digestive System

Question 1

Indigestion/eating

Answer 1

Food is taken in by the body

Question 2

Digestion

Answer 2

Food is broken down

Question 3

Absorption

Answer 3

Digested food passes into the bloodstreaam

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Using the food in the cells of the body

Question 5

Elimination

Answer 5

Getting rid of undigested food

Question 6

Enzymes

Answer 6

Chemicals that speed up reactions without being used up in the reaction. Enzymes act on a substrate and it breaks down into a product. Example: substrate = starch, enzyme = amylase (saliva), product = maltose (sugar).

Question 7

Incisors

Answer 7

At the front of the mouth
Four upper and four lower
Used for biting and cutting

Question 8

Canine

Answer 8

One at either side of the incisors
2 upper and 2 lower
Grasp and tear food

Question 9

Pre molar

Answer 9

3 at either side of the canine
6 upper and 6 lower
Grind and crush food

Question 10

Molars

Answer 10

2 at either side of the premolars
4 upper and 4 lower
Grind and crush food
The teeth an animal has depends on what it eats

Question 11

Herbivore

Answer 11

Only eats plants
Very large incisors
Large molars and per molars to chew grass

Question 12

Carnivore

Answer 12

Only eats meat
Large canine teeth
Use the teeth to catch and tear their pray

Question 13

Omnivore

Answer 13

Eats plants and meat
Needs all of the different teeth