Digestive System
Nutrients
Food Label
Food Plate
Terms
100
Digestion starts here
What is the mouth
100

Getting the correct amount of the nutrients that our body needs from the food we eat

What is a balanced diet

100

Federal agency that regulates the food we consume

What is the FDA

100

What shape is the food plate

What is a circle

100
Long tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
What is the esophagus
200

What is the main thing absorbed in the large intestine

What is water

200

The most abundant nutrient in our body

What is water.

200

What is there the most of in the product

Enriched Flour

200

What did the protein group used to be called

What is meats and beans

200

The process of converting in food into energy your body can use.

What is Metabolism

300

Part of the digestive tract where the majority of the nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream.

What is the small intestine.

300

What are the 2 types of carbohydrates

What are simple and complex

300

What is the daily value for fat in the product

What is 11%

300

What did the dairy group used to be called

What is the milk group

300

Type of fat found in all human and animal tissue

What is cholesterol

400

These line the small intestine and absorb nutrients into the bloodstream.

What are villi

400

These types of vitamins are stored in the body if not used (not specific like vitamin C)

What are fat soluble vitamins

400

If I ate 1 package of Pop Tarts - How many grams of protein would I be getting

What is 4 grams

400

What year did the food plate replace the food pyramid

1998, 2004, 2011, 2018

What is 2011

400
Substances in food that provide energy or help form body tissues and are necessary for life and growth.
What is nutrients
500

What is our stomach wall covered with that protects us from the acid

What is mucus 

500

What was the name of Mickey Mouse's dog

What is Pluto

500

If I ate the entire box of Pop Tarts - How many grams of Fat would I be eating

What is 168 grams

500

What category is not included in the food plate that was in the food pyramid?

What are fats/oils and exercise

500

What is the flap that closes when we swallow to prevent food and drink from going into our lungs

What is the epiglottis

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