Bill Nye: Digestion

1. When you think of food, think of it as ________ for your body.

Food combines with __________________ to produce _________________ that provides
_________________.
2. You get really_________________ and __________________ if you dont have food for energy.
3. Everything we _________ ends up in our _________________________.
4. Food enters our stomach by traveling through a tube called the _________________________
Once in our stomach, powerful ____________________ start to ___________________ to help
breakdown our food.
When you get hungry your stomach muscles _____________________ to remind you to give it
some food.
5. The acid in our stomach is _______________________________ acid.
It is so strong that it can break through _____________________.
It is strong enough that our stomach needs a protective layer of ____________________ that
must be replaced every _________________ days.
6. In our ______________ intestine, special chemicals called ______________________ are
released.
These help to breakdown and absorb the ___________________ that we need from food.
7. The pyloric valve opens so food can get into the __________________________________.
The small intestine of an adult is _____ m long.
The small intestine of a child is _____ m long
The large intestine is ____ m long
Which is larger in diameter? Large intestine or small intestine? (circle one)
Complete digestion can take _________ hours to ________ days.
Food is pushed along the digestive system by muscles in a process called
____________________
8. The acid in your stomach turns food into a goopy liquid called ___________________
9. Food in your mouth is ground up by your ______________________
This process is assisted by your _____________________ which helps to move your food around
Most of us make ___________________ of saliva a day.
10. Digestion in Animals
Snakes can catch and digest prey up to _______ times the width of their mouth. A meal that
big can take up to _______ years to digest.
Elephants can eat around _________ pound of hay in a day.
Do elephants digest food efficiently? ______ Explain.
Do whales and dolphins chew? ______ What do bats eat? _____________________
 Why do otters eat so much?
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