Digestive system
Digestive System
Digestive System
Nutrients
Animal Digestive System
100
Name this organ:
The stomach!
100
this organ connects the mouth to the stomach
the esophagus
100
The digestive system starts in the...?
mouth
100
Name 3 foods high in protein
Dairy, meat, fish, chicken (poultry), beans, nuts
100
Which animal has 4 chambers in their stomach?
Cows
200
This organ that produces bile and stores nutrients
The liver
200
This organ STORES bile for digestion.
The gallbladder
200
What organ is a muscle that pushes food into the esophagus?
tongue
200
Name 3 foods high in starch (type of carbohydrate)
Potatoes, Rice, Pasta, Baked goods
200
What creature uses its fangs to inject their prey with chemicals that turns the insides into liquid so it can be sucked up?
Spiders
300
What do you call breaking down food into nutrients that the body can use?
Digestion
300
This organ blocks food from entering your windpipe and lungs.
Epiglottis
300
This organ absorbs water into the body and compacts solid waste in preparation for elimination
The large intestine
300
Which 2 nutrients can be found in most healthy fruits and vegetables?
Vitamins and Minerals
300
Carnivores have a smaller c_________ than herbivores
cecum
400
What part of the digestive system absorbs the nutrients into the blood stream?
Small Intestine
400
What's it called when muscles in the digestive system push down the food by contracting?
Peristalsis
400
What kind of tissue are the esophagus and stomach made up of?
Muscular tissue
400
Which nutrient does the bile from the liver and gallbladder help digest?
Fat
400
Which type of animal have longer intestines and why?
Herbivores (plant eaters), because plants take much longer to digest than raw meat
500
What do teeth do?
chews food into pieces small enough to swallow
500
What is an enzyme?
Something that helps break down food. (breaker downer!)
500
What is added to the food in the mouth? And Why?
Saliva. It starts the digestive process by breaking down carbs.
500
Name the six important nutrients we need
protein, fats, carbs, vitamins, minerals, water
500
What animal eats their feces and why?
Beavers; because the feces have nutrients made by micro-organisms that is useful for the beavers.
600
What's the job of the pancreas?
To produce digestive juices with enzymes that help break down nutrients.
600
Why do we burp?
To release excess air that is uncomfortable pressure in our stomach. This happens when we swallow air along with the food or drink.
600
Why do we feel hungry, and why does our stomach growl when we are?
Because our body constantly burns energy to function. An empty stomach growls because our stomach muscles are constantly working to churn food. If there's no food in the stomach, there's nothing to dampen the sound of the muscles working.
600
Define nutrient:
Any part of food that the body can use for energy and growth.
600
How does a sea star eat its food, such as a clam? (3 main steps)
1) stomach comes out of the mouth and releases chemicals
2) chemical turns clam into liquid
3) sea star sips the liquid and pulls stomach back into its body