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🍽️ The Digestive System – Year 8
Biology · Year 8 (KS3) — practise the organs of digestion, the role of enzymes and how nutrients are absorbed
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Questions
Which tube carries swallowed food from the mouth down to the stomach?
Small intestine
Oesophagus
Ureter
Trachea
20s
Which organ contains hydrochloric acid that helps kill bacteria in our food?
Oesophagus
Liver
Stomach
Large intestine
20s
Which organ produces bile?
Pancreas
Stomach
Gall bladder
Liver
20s
After leaving the mouth, in which order does food pass through these organs?
Oesophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine
Oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
Oesophagus, small intestine, stomach, large intestine
Stomach, oesophagus, small intestine, large intestine
30s
The enzyme amylase breaks down starch. What does it break starch into?
Sugars
Vitamins
Fatty acids and glycerol
Amino acids
20s
Which type of enzyme digests food molecules into amino acids?
Amylase
Carbohydrase
Lipase
Protease
20s
In which organ are most digested nutrients absorbed into the blood?
Large intestine
Stomach
Small intestine
Oesophagus
20s
The small intestine is lined with millions of tiny villi. How do villi help with absorption?
They squeeze food along by contracting
They greatly increase the surface area
They store digested food until needed
They produce bile to digest fats
30s
Bile is not an enzyme. How does it help with the digestion of fats?
It breaks fats into fatty acids and glycerol
It breaks fats into small droplets
It turns fats into amino acids
It absorbs fats straight into the blood
30s
Which organ makes amylase, protease and lipase and releases them into the small intestine?
Pancreas
Gall bladder
Liver
Stomach
30s