The Exciting Journey of Food
Have you ever wondered what happens to the food you eat? It goes on a fantastic journey through your body's very own food processing unit, the digestive system! First stop is the mouth, where teeth chop the food and saliva softens it. Then, it slides down a special pipe, the esophagus, right into a stretchy bag - your stomach! In the stomach, food gets mixed with stomach juices to become a soup-like mixture. This mixture then travels through a long, winding tube called the intestine, where all the good stuff our body needs is absorbed. Finally, what's left over is sent out of the body. And that's your food's exciting journey through the digestive system!
Question 1
What is the first stop for food in the digestive system?
Esophagus
Stomach
Intestine
Mouth
Explanation. The first stop for food in the digestive system is the mouth where it is chopped by the teeth and softened by saliva.
Liver
Question 2
What does the stomach do to the food?
Absorbs nutrients
Excretes waste
Chops up food
Softens food
Mixes food with stomach juices
Explanation. In the stomach, food gets mixed with stomach juices to become a soup-like mixture.
Question 3
What does 'absorb' mean in this context?
To harden
To throw away
To take in
Explanation. In this context, 'absorb' means to take in. The intestine absorbs all the good stuff our body needs from the food.
To mix
To chop
Question 4
The esophagus is referred to as a special pipe. True or false?
True
Explanation. The esophagus is indeed referred to as a special pipe. It is the tube that food slides down right into the stomach.
False
Question 5
What is left over after the food has been processed by the digestive system?
Nutrients
Stomach juices
Saliva
Waste
Explanation. What's left over after the food has been processed by the digestive system is waste, which is sent out of the body.
Soup-like mixture
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