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Science Assignment - The Digestive System

The document is a science assignment on the digestive system. It contains questions about the main stages and organs of the digestive system, including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine. It also asks about the processes of digestion like chewing, swallowing, and the roles of enzymes and muscles in breaking down food and moving it through the digestive tract.

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Science Assignment - The Digestive System

The document is a science assignment on the digestive system. It contains questions about the main stages and organs of the digestive system, including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine. It also asks about the processes of digestion like chewing, swallowing, and the roles of enzymes and muscles in breaking down food and moving it through the digestive tract.

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Name: Date: July, 13th Mark:

Science Assignment: The Digestive System


1. Read the following sentences, and say whether they are True or False:

 This system consists of a group of organs that convert waste into nutrients and
absorbs what we don’t need.

 It starts at the esophagus and ends at the small intestine.
 This system includes a group of digestive glands.


2. The Digestive System consists of 4 stages. Name them in the correct order:

1) ____________________________________ 3) ____________________________________

2) ____________________________________ 4) ____________________________________

3. Complete the following paragraph with the words from the box:

saliva – bolus – digestive tract – teeth – tongue – salivary glands – chew

“____________ are used to ___________ food and break it into smaller pieces.

Then, the __________ moves and mixes the food with the __________, which is

produced by _______________. All these processes make a _____________, which

is a ball of food that it’s swallowed until it reaches the _________________”.

4. The process of swallowing consists of two stages:

It’s ____________________________________ and ____________________________________

5. How does food move through the digestive tract? How is this called?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

6. The cardiac sphincter has a very important function in this system. Explain:
___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Complete the following extract with the missing words:

“Once in the stomach, food mixes with _______ _______. Both gastric juices and

_______ _______ convert the _______ into a thick liquid, called _______”.

8. Match each fluid with its producer:

intestinal juice produced by the lives

bile produced by the pancreas

pancreatic juice produced by the small intestine

9. What is the function of villi in the small intestine?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

10. The following paragraph contains 6 mistakes. Cross them out, and write the correct
version on top:

“After all the nutrients are absorbed, the leftover waste passes to the small

intestine. This organ forms and eliminates nutrients in a process called

ingestion. This organ absorbs any water, giving fecal matter its loose

consistency; then, it’s stored in the anus; and finally, it’s expelled through

the rectum”.

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