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 -breaks down food, absorbs nutrients,
and gets rid of solid waste
The digestive system forms
a long tube. In adults, it’s
Mouth about 30 feet long! *Begins
– teeth grind food into at mouth *Ends at anus
smaller pieces (mechanical);
saliva mixes in (chemical) Esophagus – carries food to
stomach

Stomach
Liver
– muscles grind food,
Gall Bladder makes and adds gastric
juices and hydrochloric
Pancreas acid
Small Intestine
– where most
Contribute chemicals that chemical digestion
Large Intestine
aid in digestion; food occurs; blood vessels
does not pass through – absorbs much of the
water still trapped in absorb nutrients and
food waste carry them to cells
Two types of digestion:
1. Mechanical – breaks Feces is Anus – exit of large intestine
food into smaller pieces solid waste.
2. Chemical – uses proteins Peristalsis
(enzymes) to break down
The organs of the digestive system are
food into nutrients;
lined with muscles. The muscles contract
molecules small enough
in waves to push food through the system.
for cells to use
works closely with works with excretory
circulatory system to system to take in
get the absorbed materials your body
nutrients distributed needs and to get rid
through your body of waste
Digestive
Circulatory Excretory

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 -breaks down food, absorbs nutrients,
and gets rid of solid waste
The digestive system forms
a long tube. In adults, it’s
Mouth about 30 feet long! *Begins
– teeth grind food into at mouth *Ends at anus
smaller pieces (mechanical);
saliva mixes in (chemical) Esophagus – carries food to
stomach

Stomach
Liver
– muscles grind food,
Gall Bladder makes and adds gastric
juices and hydrochloric
Pancreas acid
Small Intestine
– where most
Contribute chemicals that chemical digestion
Large Intestine
aid in digestion; food occurs; blood vessels
does not pass through – absorbs much of the
water still trapped in absorb nutrients and
food waste carry them to cells
Two types of digestion:
1. Mechanical – breaks Feces is Anus – exit of large intestine
food into smaller pieces solid waste.
2. Chemical – uses proteins Peristalsis
(enzymes) to break down
The organs of the digestive system are
food into nutrients;
lined with muscles. The muscles contract
molecules small enough
in waves to push food through the system.
for cells to use
works closely with works with excretory
circulatory system to system to take in
get the absorbed materials your body
nutrients distributed needs and to get rid
through your body of waste
Digestive
Circulatory Excretory

ã2019 Black-Eyed Susan Science

 -breaks down ______, absorbs _________,
and gets rid of __________
The digestive system forms
a long _______. In adults, it’s
Mouth about ________ long! *Begins
– teeth ________ into at _________ *Ends at ______
smaller pieces (________);
_____ mixes in (_______) Esophagus – carries food to
___________

Stomach
– muscles _____ food,
makes and adds _____
__________________
____________
Small Intestine
– where most
Contribute _______ that _________ digestion
Large Intestine
aid in digestion; food occurs; ___________
– ________ much of the
does not ____________ absorb nutrients and
_______ still trapped in
food waste carry them to cells
Two types of _________:
1. _______________ – breaks _________ is Anus – _____ of large intestine
food into smaller pieces solid waste.
2. ________ – uses proteins Peristalsis
(________) to break down The organs of the digestive system are
food into nutrients;
lined with _______. The muscles contract in
molecules small enough
________ to push ______ through the system.
for _________ to use
works closely with works with ________
______________ to get ________ to _______
the absorbed nutrients materials your body
_____________ through needs and to ______
your body ______________
Digestive
Circulatory Excretory

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 Digestive
Circulatory Excretory

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 Name _______________________
Understanding Date _______________________
Checkpoint Period _______________________

4. The digestive process starts in the

a. mouth b. stomach
c. esophagus d. pancreas

5. What does the digestive system do?

a. Pumps blood throughout the body
Digestive b. Helps you breathe

System c. Helps you move

d. Breaks down and handles food

6. What kind of protein breaks down

1. The organ in the square at the food?
top of this page is the a. Insulin b. Hemoglobin
_________________________. c. Enzymes d. Keratin

7. What is one of the helper organs of

2. Where is the last stage of the
the digestive system?
digestive system?
a. Mouth
a. Small intestine
b. Liver
b. Large intestine
c. Small intestine
c. Gall Bladder
d. Stomach
d. Liver
8. T or F: The chewing and grinding of
3. Food travels from the mouth to food into smaller pieces is an example of
the stomach by chemical digestion.
a. falling into the windpipe.
b. falling down the esophagus. 9. T or F: Nutrients are mostly absorbed
c. muscles push it down the by the stomach.
windpipe.
10. T or F: The gall bladder is not part of
d. muscles push it down the
the digestive tract (tube).
esophagus.
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 Name _______________________
Understanding KEY
Date _______________________
Checkpoint Period _______________________

4. The digestive process starts in the

a. mouth b. stomach
c. esophagus d. pancreas

5. What does the digestive system do?

a. Pumps blood throughout the body
Digestive b. Helps you breathe

System c. Helps you move

d. Breaks down and handles food

6. What kind of protein breaks down

1. The organ in the square at the food?
top of this page is the a. Insulin b. Hemoglobin
stomach
_________________________. c. Enzymes d. Keratin

7. What is one of the helper organs of

2. Where is the last stage of the
the digestive system?
digestive system?
a. Mouth
a. Small intestine
b. Liver
b. Large intestine
c. Small intestine
c. Gall Bladder
d. Stomach
d. Liver
8. T or F: The chewing and grinding of
3. Food travels from the mouth to food into smaller pieces is an example of
the stomach by chemical digestion.
a. falling into the windpipe.
b. falling down the esophagus. 9. T or F: Nutrients are mostly absorbed
c. muscles push it down the by the stomach.
windpipe.
10. T or F: The gall bladder is not part of
d. muscles push it down the
the digestive tract (tube).
esophagus.
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