Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! The Digestive System.

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Click Once to BeginJEOPARDY!

The Digestive System


JEOPARDY!

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Food: Carbs &

Fats

Proteins and

Vitamins

Food Pyramid

Digestive System

Esophagus &

Stomach

Final Digestion


The substances in food that provide the raw materials and

energy the body needs to carry out all its essential processes.

What are nutrients?


The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one

gram of water.

What are calories?


Provides the raw materials to make cell

parts.

What are Carbohydrates?


Energy containing nutrients

What are fats?


A waxy, fatlike substance found only

in animal products.

What is cholesterol?


Helper molecules in a variety of chemical

reactions in the body.

What are Vitamins?


Needed for tissue growth and repair.

What are proteins?


Linked together chemically to form

large protein molecules.

What is the function of Amino Acids?


Fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins.

What is Vitamin D?


Aids in blood clotting.

What is Vitamin K?


Sweets, milk, meat, veggies, fruit, and

grains.

What is the food pyramid?


The average percent of water in a person’s

body weight.

What is 65%?


Allows you to evaluate a single food as well

as to compare the nutritional value of

two different foods.

What is a food label?


The total amount of servings

recommended by the food pyramid (all

categories combined).

What is 26?


Shows the nutritional content of one serving

recommended for a person who consumes 2000 calories per day.

What is percent of daily value?


The first step of the digestive system.

What is chewing food?


The last organ in the digestive system.

What is large intestine?


Two types of digestion.

What are chemical and mechanical?


Cuts the food into bite sized pieces.

What is your incisors?


The internal organ that is the size of a bathtub.

What is the length of the large intestine?


The muscular tube that connects the mouth to

the stomach.

What is the esophagus?


A flap of tissue that covers the windpipe.

What is the epiglottis?


Type of muscular contractions that

occurs in the stomach.

What is peristalsis?


The thing that prevent stomach acid from

burning a hole in the stomach wall.

What is mucous membrane?


Enzyme contained in the digestive juices.

What is pepsin?


The role of the liver in the digestive system

What is to produce bile?


In the small intestine, which digestion takes

place.

What is chemical digestion?


The organ lies between the stomach and the first part of the small

intestine.

What is the pancreas?


Absorbs molecules in the intestines.

What is the villi?


The organ that runs up the right side of the

abdomen, across the upper abdomen then

down the left side.

What is the large intestine?

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