The Digestive System

Question 1

Ingestion/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 bloodstream.

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Using the food in the cells in the body

Question 5

Elimination

Answer 5

Getting rid of undigested food

Question 6

Physical digestion

Answer 6

Taking large pieces of food and braking them down into smaller pieces.
Mouth (teeth)
Stomach(churning)

Question 7

Enzymes

Answer 7

Are chemicals that speed up reactions without being used up in the reaction

Question 8

How enzymes work

Answer 8

Act on substrate and breaks it down into a product.

Question 9

Chemical digestion

Answer 9

Most chemical digestion happens in small intestine

Bile made in liver to break down fats

Pancreas makes digestive juices which contain enzymes

Question 10

Incisors

Answer 10

At the front of the mouth.

4 upper and 4 lower

Used for biting and cutting food

Question 11

Canine

Answer 11

One at the either side of the incisors

2 upper 2 lower

Grasp and tear food

Question 12

Pre molar

Answer 12

3 at the either side of the canine

6upper and 6lower

Grind and crush food

Question 13

Molars

Answer 13

2 at either side of the premolars

4 upper and 4 lower

Grind and crush food

Question 14

Herbivore

Answer 14

Only eats plants
Very large incisors
Large molars and premolars to chew grass
E.g. sheep

Question 15

Carnivore

Answer 15

Only eats meat

Large canine teeth

Use the teeth to catch and tear their prey

Question 16

Omnivore

Answer 16

Eats plants and meat

Needs all the different teeth