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Guiding Questions Worksheet Bill Nye Digestion

1.

Why is the inside of the digestive system not really inside your body?

2.

What is the function of food to the human body?

3.

What chemical reaction gets energy from the food you eat? What other element is combined with
the food to release the energy?

4.

When we eat food, what are the first three organs that it passes through

5.

When your stomach growls, what is it trying to tell you?

6.

How is the food in a stomach broken down into simpler substances? What chemicals help this
process?

7.

Why does the acid in your stomach not eat through the stomach lining?

8.

About how much food and water does the average person eat and drink per day?

9.

How does the mouth start the process of digestion?

10.

How long is the small intestine in adults and children?

11.

How long is the large intestine?

12.

How long does it take food to travel through the digestion system?

13.

Can you swallow food when hanging upside down? What is the name of the process that pushes
food down the esophagus?

14.

What is the name given to the mix of broken down food and water in the stomach and small
intestine? What does the digestive system add to the consumed food and water?

15.

What is the name of the valve between the stomach and small intestine that controls when food
passes out of the stomach?

16.

What is the function of the large intestine?

17.

In what organ in the waste from the digestion process collected for eventual disposal?