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Science: Chapter 14-7
What is digestion?
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6th Grade
07/09/2008

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Term
What is the process of changing food into a form your body can use?
Definition
digestion
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What are the 2 types of digestion?
Definition
  1. physical digestion
  2. chemical digestion
Term
Which type of digestion is the process by which large pieces of food and cut and cruched into smaller pieces?
Definition
Mechanical digestion
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Where does mechanical digestion begin?
Definition

in your mouth

 

Your teeth cut, tear, grind, and crush food.

Term
What is the hard, outer covering of the tooth?
Definition

enamel

 

It is the HARDEST substance in your body.

Term
What is the spongy substance below the enamel of the tooth?
Definition

dentin

 

It absorbs the shock of chewing.

Term
What keeps your teeth in the jaw?
Definition
roots
Term
What is the space for nerves and blood vessels for the tooth?
Definition
root canal
Term
How many teeth does an adult have?
Definition
32 teeth
Term
What are the 4 different kinds of teeth?
Definition
  1. incisors: cut and tear
  2. canines: cut and tear
  3. bicuspids: grind and crush
  4. molars: grind and crush
Term
Be able to label the teeth.
Definition

see page 342 in your

Life Science textbook.

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What is the process by which large  food molecules are broken down into smaller food molecules?
Definition
chemical digestion
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Where does chemical digestion begin?
Definition

in your mouth

 

Saliva mixes with food to soften and begin to

change starch to sugar.

Term
What is a protein that controls chemical reactions in the body?
Definition

enzyme

 

They help the chemical digestion of food.

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How does mechanical digestion help chemical digestion?
Definition

Mechanical digestion increases the surface area of food particles

for the enzymes to work on.

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