BIOLOGY 1 SECONDARY

DIGESTION
Nombre del alumno: ____________________________ Fecha: __________
Valor total del examen: _______

Calificacin: _____

PART I. VOCABULARY
Complete the following statements with words from the word bank
(1 point each)
Epiglottis
esophagus

peristalsis
Mucus

Anus
liver

Pepsin
Gallbladder

a A thick slippery substance that makes food easy to swallow

______________
b A flap tissue that seas the windpipe preventing food from entering
it.______________
c An enzyme released by the stomach contained in the gastric juice
______________
d A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach __________
e A muscular opening through which wastes are eliminated _________
f Involuntary waves of muscle contractions that push food through the
digestive system. _________________
g It is an organ of the final digestion that produces and releases bile
______________
h It is the place where bile is stored after it mixes the nutrients
_____________
PART II.
Label the following drawing. Then use it to explain the process of
digestion.
(6 points)

PART III.
1 Which are the two main functions of the digestive system?
2 Name the four kinds of teeth

3 What happens to materials that are not absorbed by the body

a They are eliminated as blood
b They are eliminated as wastes
c They are absorbed by blood
4 The liver produces a substance called ________
a saliva
b bile

mucus

5 Explain the mechanical and chemical process during the digestin

organ
Mouth

mechanical

chemical

esophagus
Stomach

6 Answer the following chart about digestion

Digestion begins in
Esophagus pushes the food from the
mouth to the stomach.
The stomach

The small intestine

The large intestine absorbs water and
eliminates wastes.

Use the table below to answer what is requested

Lenght of time food stays in Organ
organ

Time

Mouth

Less than 1 minute

Esophagus

Less than 1 minute

Stomach

1-3 hours

Small intestine

1-6 hours

Large intestine

12.36 ours

1. If a meal is eaten at noon, what is happening to the food

at 1 p.m?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Saliva is breaking down starch into sugar.

Proteins are being digested
Wastes are eliminated
Bile in the liver breaks up fat particles.

2. For food eaten at 12, elimination of wastes cannot have

begun by
a.
b.
c.
d.

1 p.m.
7 p.m.
9 p.m.
noon the next day

3. Which of the following organs is not just a digestive organ

a.
b.
c.
d.

liver
esophagus
mouth
small intestine