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Break It Down: Digestion
By Brandi Waters
Caption: A. mouth B. esophagus C. stomach D. small intestine E.
large intestine
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The foods that you eat must be broken down before your body can
use them. Your body does this through a process called digestion.
Digestion begins as soon as you put a bite of food in your mouth. You
use your teeth to break your food into tiny pieces. Saliva, or spit, in
your mouth mixes with the food as you chew. The saliva helps to break
down food even more. Next, you swallow your food and it moves
down a long tube called the esophagus and into your stomach.
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Your stomach makes more digestive juices that help to break down
food. Food from your esophagus mixes with the juices in your stomach. After the food is
broken down, it is pushed out of the stomach and into the small intestine and then into the
large intestine.
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The job of the intestines is to absorb water and nutrients from the food that you eat.
Water and nutrients move through the walls of the intestine and into your blood. Your
blood carries them to every part of your body. Your body cannot use everything from the
food that you eat. Some things cannot be digested. The water and nutrients are removed
from the food and what is left is your body's trash. This trash, called feces (or poop),
moves all the way through your intestines. When it reaches the end, your body has
absorbed all of the nutrients it can from the feces. Your body is finished with it. Your
body tells you to go to the bathroom. This is how your body gets rid of its trash.
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Break It Down: Digestion
1. What is digestion?
2. Your ___________ connects your
mouth to your stomach.
Digestion
Feces
Small intestine
Esophagus
3. ______ is a digestive juice made by
your mouth.
4. The job of the ______ is to absorb
water and nutrients from the food that
you eat.
Stomach
Mouth
Esophagus
Intestines
5. Your body's waste is called ______.
Feces
Blood
Spit
Nutrients
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Break It Down: Digestion
By Brandi Waters
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Directions: Fill in each blank with the word that best completes the reading
comprehension.
Caption: A. mouth B. esophagus C.
(1) _______________________ D. small intestine E. large
(2) _______________________
The (3) _______________________ that you eat must be broken
down before your body can use them. Your body does this through a
(4) _______________________ called
(5) _______________________ . Digestion begins as soon as you put
a bite of food in your mouth. You use your teeth to break your food
(6) _______________________ tiny pieces. Saliva, or spit, in your
mouth mixes with the food as you chew. The saliva helps to break
down food (7) _______________________ more. Next, you swallow
your food and it moves down a long tube called the esophagus and into your stomach.
Your stomach makes more (8) _______________________ juices that help to break
down (9) _______________________ . Food (10) _______________________ your
esophagus mixes with the juices in your stomach. After the food is broken down, it is
pushed out of the stomach and into the small intestine and then into the
(11) _______________________ intestine.
The job of the (12) _______________________ is to absorb water and nutrients
from the food that you eat. (13) _______________________ and nutrients move
through the walls of the intestine and into your blood. Your blood carries them to every
(14) _______________________ of your body. Your body
(15) _______________________ use everything from the food that you eat. Some
things cannot be digested. The water and nutrients are removed from the food and what is
(16) _______________________ is your body's trash. This trash, called feces (or
poop), moves all the way through your intestines. (17) _______________________ it
reaches the end, your body has absorbed all of the nutrients it can from the feces. Your
body is finished with it. Your body tells you to go to the bathroom. This is how your
body gets rid of its trash.
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Break It Down: Digestion
1. What is digestion?
2. Your ______ connects your mouth to
your stomach.
Small intestine
Digestion
Feces
Esophagus
3. ______ is a digestive juice made by
your mouth.
4. The job of the ______ is to absorb
water and nutrients from the food that
you eat.
Stomach
Mouth
Esophagus
Intestines
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Use the letters from the scrambled word GNREVHTYIE to form other words. Do not
use the same letter more than once unless that letter is also in the scrambled word
GNREVHTYIE more than once.
Create words from: g n r e v h t y i e
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Break It Down: Digestion - Answer
Key
1 The process that your body uses to break down food into nutrients that your body can
use.
2
Esophagus
3 Saliva or Spit
4
Intestines
5
Feces
Break It Down: Digestion
By Brandi Waters
Answer Key
Caption: A. mouth B. esophagus C. (1) stomach D. small intestine E. large
(2) intestine
The (3) foods that you eat must be broken down before your body can use them.
Your body does this through a (4) process called (5) digestion . Digestion begins as
soon as you put a bite of food in your mouth. You use your teeth to break your food
(6) into tiny pieces. Saliva, or spit, in your mouth mixes with the food as you chew.
The saliva helps to break down food (7) even more. Next, you swallow your food and it
moves down a long tube called the esophagus and into your stomach.
Your stomach makes more (8) digestive juices that help to break down (9) food .
Food (10) from your esophagus mixes with the juices in your stomach. After the food
is broken down, it is pushed out of the stomach and into the small intestine and then into
the (11) large intestine.
The job of the (12) intestines is to absorb water and nutrients from the food that you
eat. (13) Water and nutrients move through the walls of the intestine and into your
blood. Your blood carries them to every (14) part of your body. Your body
(15) cannot use everything from the food that you eat. Some things cannot be digested.
The water and nutrients are removed from the food and what is (16) left is your body's
trash. This trash, called feces (or poop), moves all the way through your intestines.
(17) When it reaches the end, your body has absorbed all of the nutrients it can from
the feces. Your body is finished with it. Your body tells you to go to the bathroom. This
is how your body gets rid of its trash.
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Answers to Reading Comprehension Questions
1 The process that your body uses to break down food into nutrients that your body can
use.
Answer Key
Build words from everything.
Possible Answers:
2. in
3. it
4. try
5. ivy
6. hit
7. rent
8. give
9. ring
10. rivet
11. there
12. entry
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