DIGESTIVE SYSTEM GRADE 4
Write the correct answer.
• Question 1
Q. What comes first?
Mouth
stomach
large intestine
none
• Question 2
Q. Why is the esophagus/food pipe important?
To swallow food
To choke
To make your breath smelly
None of these
• Question 3
Q. What does the stomach do?
Nothing
Adds digestive juices to the food
Goes out to the rectum
Barley any of these
• Question 4
Q. What is the small intestine responsible for?
takes in more enzymes and starts absorption
breaking down food
chewing
adding food
• Question 5
Q. Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
Epiglottis
Peristalsis
Stomach
Esophagus
• Question 6
Q. What breaks down food in stomach?
enzymes
salivary glands
movement
time
• Question 7
Q. What does the mouth do?
Break down the food to make it easier to swallow
Slows down jaws
Nothing
Neither
• Question 8
Q. What makes food wet and soft?
teeth
tongue
saliva
esophagus
• Question 9
Q. The ______________ is where food is mixed with juices and is squeezed and
churned until it becomes a thick liquid.
esophagus
stomach
small intestine
large intestine
• Question 10
Q. The _________________ squeezes water out of food and absorbs water into the
bloodstream.
esophagus
stomach
small intestine
large intestine
• Question 11
Q. Which part of the digestive system is number 1?
esophagus
mouth
small intestine
liver
• Question 12
Q. Which part of the digestive system is number 2?
esophagus
stomach
small intestine
liver
• Question 13
Q. Which part of the digestive system is number 3?
esophagus
stomach
small intestine
liver
• Question 14
Q. Which part of the digestive system is number 4?
esophagus
large intestine
small intestine
liver
• Question 15
Q. Which part of the digestive system is number 6?
esophagus
large intestine
small intestine
liver
• Question 16
Q. The digestive system makes food into _____.
water
energy
intestines
• Question 17
Q. The mouth, teeth, and tongue _____ food.
chew
digest
stomach
• Question 18
Q. The _____ is the first part of the digestive system.
large intestine
stomach
mouth
• Question 19
Q. What does the stomach do?
produces saliva
Adds digestive juices to the food
chews up your food
• Question 20
Q. A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.
saliva
blood
acid