Structures for Digesting Food
The process that breaks down food into smaller pieces that the body can use
What is Digestion?
A material consisting of solid parts floating in liquid plasma, which moves substances through the animal’s body
What is Blood?
Animals need ____, _____, and _____ to survive
What is Food, Water and Air?
Tubes that carry blood back to the heart
What are Veins?
Short, thick beaks are for ____
What is Cracking Seeds?
A digestive structure lined with muscles that stir the food and mix it with digestive juices
What is Stomach?
The process of moving blood and the materials it carries through an animal’s body
What is Circulation?
Digested food helps animals get _____
What is Energy?
Tubes that carry blood away from the heart
What are Arteries?
Long, thin beaks are for ____
What is Get insects out of trees, or Pulling worms out of the ground?
A digestive structure that mixes digestive juices with food and absorbs the useful parts of food
What is Small Intestine?
Made up of solid parts floating in liquid, and carries digested food, water, nutrients, oxygen and gases throughout the body, but it also carries away carbon dioxide
What is Blood?
Teeth that are large and flat are for _____
What is Eat plant material, such as grass and leaves?
A digestive structure that removes water from undigested food
What is Large Intestine?
Mostly water, and carries digested food to all body parts
What is Plasma?
Long, sharp teeth are used for _______
What is Tearing or ripping meat?
Balloon-like structures that take in air and release waste
What is Lungs?