Chemical/

Digestive Experiments
Mechanical Wild Card BONUS!
Organs from Class
Digestion

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•What is the name of part A?
•What kind of mechanical digestion takes
place in A?

F:__________________

B:______________

G: ____________ A: _____________

E: ______________
C: ____________ D: ______________

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•Muscles in your stomach
mechanically digest food

F:__________________

B:______________

G: ____________ A: STOMACH
E: ______________
C: ____________ D: ______________

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What is the name of part F?
What kind of mechanical digestion happens in
part F? What kind of chemical digestion?

F:__________________

B:______________

G: ____________ A: _____________

E: ______________
C: ____________ D: ______________

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•Mechanical: Teeth grind up food
•Chemical:Amylase breaks down starch
into sugar

F: MOUTH
B:______________

G: ____________ A: _________________

E: ______________
C: ____________ D: ______________

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What is the name of part C?
What is one thing that happens to
food inside of part C?

F:__________________

B:______________

G: ____________ A: _____________

E: ______________
C: ____________ D: ______________

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 •Water gets absorbed from waste

F:__________________

B:______________

G: ____________ A:_________________

E: ______________

C: large intestine D: _______________

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What is the name of part D?
What are two things that happens to
food inside of part D?
F:__________________

B:______________

G: ____________ A: _____________

E: ______________
C: ____________ D: ______________

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•Nutrients get absorbed into your
bloodsream
•Pancreatic juice or bile breaks down food
in duodenum (1st 25 cm)
F:__________________

B:______________

G: ____________
A: _______________

E: ______________
C: ____________ D: ______________
D: small intestine

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What is the name of part G?
What is one thing that happens
inside of part G?

F:__________________

B:______________

G: ____________ A: _____________

E: ______________
C: ____________ D: ______________

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 •It makes bile

F:__________________

B:______________

G: liver A:_________________

E: ______________
C: _________________ D: _______________

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What kind of mechanical
digestion takes place in your
mouth?

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Your teeth crunching and
munching food.

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Where does chemical digestion of
bread begin?

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In the mouth, where amylase
breaks it into sugar!

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Where does chemical digestion of
proteins begin?

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In the stomach, where gastric
juice breaks it down.

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Where does chemical digestion of
starches END?

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In the small intestine, with
pancreatic juice.

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What liquid that we have studied
do you think will break down
steak the most?
Where in your body can you find
that liquid?

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•Gastric juice will break down
steak the most because it is
protein!
•In your stomach.

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Which solution was able to diffuse
through the membrane?

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Sugar solution because it is small
enough for diffusion.

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What was the most
important thing you
learned from the
experiment with the egg
whites?

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Gastric juice does the best
job of breaking down
proteins.

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1) What did the oil represent
when we were squeezing the
tennis ball?
2) What did your hands
represent?

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1) Mucus
2) Peristalsis (or muscle
contractions)

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Copy and complete the following table:
Starch Amylase Starch
Solution + DW Sol. +
Amylase
Starch
Test
Sugar
Test

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Copy and complete the following table:
Starch Amylase Starch
Solution + DW Sol. +
Amylase
Starch
Test
+ - +
Sugar
Test
- - +
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When we did the egg white
experiment, we had to let the egg
white sit in the liquids overnight.
When we did the amylase
experiment, we tested for starch and
sugar after only 5 minutes.
Why did we have to wait such a long
time for the egg white, but not for
the amylase?
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Because the amylase
experiment was about your
mouth. Food stays in your
mouth for a short amount of
time. But the egg white
experiment was about your
stomach. Food stays in your
stomach for several hours!

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What nutrient do all of these have
in common?
candy

fruit

soda
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They all have SUGAR!

candy

fruit

soda
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Where nutrient do all of these
have in common?
Rice Bread

Potatoes
Pasta

Cereal
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They all have STARCH!

Rice Bread

Potatoes
Pasta

Cereal
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Complete the following table:
Color of + or Ð Color of + or Ð
Sugar for Starch for
Test sugar Test starch

Solution Z Blue Ð

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 Color of + or Ð Color of + or Ð
Sugar for Starch for
Test sugar Test starch

Solution Z Blue + Brown/ Ð

yellow

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What nutrient do 4 of these 5 foods have?
Which food has a different nutrient?

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These four have PROTEIN!
The potatoes have starch

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We all know that the
large intestine absorbs
water. What happens if
food moves too slowly
through the large
intestine?

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CONSTIPATION!!

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Put the organs of the digestive
tract in order from start to finish.

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 Mouth, esophagus, stomach,
small intestine, large intestine.

mouth
F:__________________

esophagus
B:______________

G: ____________
stomach
A: _____________

E: ______________

largeC:intestine
____________ D: ______________
small intestine

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A man named Stuart got into a
serious accident. He lost half of
his large intestine. His waste
could still leave through the
rectum, but half of the large
intestine was missing. What
problem do you think he was
likely to have?

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Your large intestine absorbs
water. So if you lose some of your
large intestine, less water will be
absorbed, making your waste
more watery and giving you…

Diarrhea!

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Your large intestine absorbs
water. So if you lose some of your
large intestine, less water will be
absorbed, making you waste more
watery and giving you…

Diarrhea!

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