🍎 Part 1: Digestive System Knowledge Check

1. What happens when we eat food? List three things you already know about digestion:

2. Circle the correct definition of digestion:

The process of chewing food

The breakdown of food into nutrients the body can absorb

The movement of food through the body

The removal of waste from the body

🗺️ Part 2: Digestive Tract Mapping

3. Label the digestive system diagram below. Draw lines from each organ name to the correct location:

4. Match each digestive organ with its main function:

1. Mouth

2. Oesophagus

3. Stomach

4. Small Intestine

5. Large Intestine

A. Absorbs water and forms waste

B. Mechanical and chemical breakdown with acid

C. Main site of nutrient absorption

D. Carries food to stomach

E. Begins mechanical and chemical digestion

🔬 Part 3: Digestion Process Understanding

5. Fill in the blanks to complete the digestion pathway:

Food enters through the _________ where it is chewed and mixed with _________. It then travels down the _________ to reach the _________ where acid breaks it down further. Most nutrients are absorbed in the _________ _________, and water is absorbed in the _________ _________.

6. Check all the types of digestion that occur in the human body:

Mechanical digestion (physical breakdown)

Chemical digestion (using enzymes)

Electrical digestion

Magnetic digestion

7. Explain what happens during absorption in the small intestine: