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The digestive system

4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-LS1-3 · England: KS2 Y4 Animals, including humans, KS3 Biology: Nutrition and digestion

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Question 1
What is the main job of the large intestine?
- A. to make saliva
- B. to pump blood
- C. to absorb water
- D. to chew food
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Question 2
In the path of a bite of apple, what comes straight after "teeth chew it"?
- A. swallowed down the oesophagus (esophagus)
- B. churned with acid in the stomach
- C. water absorbed in the large intestine
- D. nutrients absorbed in the small intestine
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Question 3
Where are most nutrients absorbed into the blood?
- A. the small intestine
- B. the stomach
- C. the large intestine
- D. the mouth
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Question 4
In the journey of food through the digestive system, what comes straight after "oesophagus (esophagus)"?
- A. small intestine
- B. mouth
- C. stomach
- D. rectum
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Question 5
What does saliva do?
- A. wets food and starts to digest starch
- B. kills all bacteria in food
- C. absorbs nutrients
- D. digests fat completely
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Question 6
In the path of a bite of apple, what comes straight after "churned with acid in the stomach"?
- A. swallowed down the oesophagus (esophagus)
- B. teeth chew it
- C. nutrients absorbed in the small intestine
- D. water absorbed in the large intestine
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Question 7
What is the main job of the large intestine?
- A. to pump blood
- B. to make saliva
- C. to absorb water
- D. to chew food
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Question 8
In the path of a bite of apple, what comes straight after "nutrients absorbed in the small intestine"?
- A. teeth chew it
- B. churned with acid in the stomach
- C. water absorbed in the large intestine
- D. swallowed down the oesophagus (esophagus)
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Question 9
What does the stomach do?
- A. churns food with acid and enzymes
- B. chews food
- C. filters the blood
- D. absorbs most of the water
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Question 10
In the path of a bite of apple, what comes straight after "churned with acid in the stomach"?
- A. swallowed down the oesophagus (esophagus)
- B. water absorbed in the large intestine
- C. nutrients absorbed in the small intestine
- D. teeth chew it
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Question 11
Where are most nutrients absorbed into the blood?
- A. the stomach
- B. the large intestine
- C. the small intestine
- D. the mouth

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