The Digestive System

Introduction

This web quest is designed to help you learn what you need to know to be able to pass you upcoming quizzes and exam.

Task

For this task, you will need to do the following:

* Complete these ten questions

* Label the digestive system picture

* Complete an online quiz

* Multiple choice questions

Process

 

  1. What is Digestion?
  2. How does Digestion begin?
  3. Where does digestion begin?
  4. What is the job of the digestive system?
  5. Where does the food go after it leaves the stomach?
  6. Does the body use all the food we eat?
  7. What does the body do to the undigested food?
  8. What causes our stomach to growl?
  9. What is the name of the long tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach?
  10. What is the final part of the large intestine called?

Download & Label the Digestive tract of this image 

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=y… 

1. 

What are the four accessory organs of digestion?

 

A.

mouth, small intestines, large intestines, teeth

 

B.

salivary glands, gallbladder, liver, pancreas

 

C.

esophagus,spleen, pancreas, liver

 

D.

appendix, stomach, spleen, mouth

 

2. 

What are the three main functions of the digestive system?

 

A.

nutrition, oxygen, circulation

 

B.

mastication, dissolving, digestion

 

C.

digestion, absorption, elimination

 

D.

nutrition, absorption, elimination

 

3. 

What is a soft mass of chewed food ready to be swallowed called?

 

A.

sigmoid

 

B.

glycogen

 

C.

chyme

 

D.

bolus

 

 

4. 

What converts food into a semi liquid state?

 

A.

small intestines, large intestines

 

B.

saliva, teeth

 

C.

mouth, tongue

 

D.

hydrochloric acid, and gastric juices

 

5. 

The ____________ is the first portion of the small intestine

 

A.

jejunum

 

B.

duodenum

 

C.

ileum

 

D.

cecum

 

6. 

Semi liquid food is called?

 

A.

waste

 

B.

bile

 

C.

chyme

 

D.

urine

 

7. 

The _____________ transports nutrients to body cells

 

A.

respiratory system

 

B.

liver

 

C.

circulatory system, lymph

 

D.

small intestines

 

8. 

The large intestines can be divided into four distinct sections called the?

 

A.

smooth,voluntary,involuntary, cardiac

 

B.

larynx, or pharynx, nasopharynx, laryngopharynx

 

C.

pulp, crown, neck, root

 

D.

cecum, colon, rectum, anal canal

 

9. 

The ___________ is the largest glandular organ in the body

 

A.

stomach

 

B.

liver

 

C.

intestines

 

D.

bladder

 

10. 

Where does digestion and absorption chiefly take place?

 

A.

small intestine

 

B.

large intestine

 

C.

stomach

 

D.

mouth

Online Quiz

 

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/digestive_system/quiz751.html

 

 

Evaluation

 

 

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60

Questions

all questions are incorrect

few of the questions are correct

up to half of the questions are answered correctly

all the questions were answered correctly

Picture and Labelling

no picture or totally wrong labelling

right  picture with wrong labelling

Few wrong labelling but right picture

right picture and wrong labelling

Online Quiz

answers not related to questions

Answers related to questions and few in correct.

Most of the answers are clearly stated.

all answers are clearly stated

Multiple Choice

Question

Multiple choice questions are completed wrong.

few of the  Multiple choice questions  are correct

few of the  Multiple choice questions  are correct

all the  Multiple choice questions  are correct

 

 

Conclusion

This web quest should aid in better enabling person’s to understand the digestive system, organs, and how it functions.

Credits

Thanks to google images and to the soft school website.