More about the journey of food | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Humans need food and ______ to survive and stay healthy.
- 'water' ✓
Which of these parts of the body are involved with digestion?
- legs
- teeth ✓
- tongue ✓
- hair
- oesophagus ✓
Where does digestion start?
- On your plate.
- In the intestines.
- In the mouth. ✓
- In the stomach.
Which liquid aids digestion in the mouth?
- water
- stomach acid
- saliva ✓
- pop
Put the first part of the digestive system in the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  mouth
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  oeophagus
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  stomach
What helps to break down food in the stomach?
- teeth
- blood
- stomach acid ✓
- water

Exit quiz

The digestive system starts in your mouth and ends at your ______ as it leaves the body into the toilet.
- 'anus' ✓
Which of these are absorbed from food through the walls of the small intestine?
- stomach acid
- larger chunks of food
- nutrients ✓
- faeces
The ______ intestine removes water and forms the undigested food we do not need into faeces.
- 'large' ✓
Starting with mouth, put all the body parts involved with digestion in the correct order to show the journey of food through the body.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  mouth
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  oesophagus
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  stomach
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  small intestine
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  large intestine
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  rectum
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  anus
Match the part of the digestive system to its function.
- small intestine
  
  ⇔
  
  absorbs nutrients from food ✓
- large intestine
  
  ⇔
  
  removes water from waste food and forms faeces ✓
- rectum
  
  ⇔
  
  stores waste food as faeces ✓
- anus
  
  ⇔
  
  pushes out the faeces from the body ✓
______ can be used to demonstrate and explain things that we are not able to see or experience for ourselves.
- 'Models' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

From the stomach, food moves through the small intestine where digested nutrients are absorbed through the walls.
Undigested food travels through the large intestine, where remaining water is removed.
Waste food is stored as faeces in the rectum and leaves the body through the anus.
Models can be used to demonstrate and explain things that we are not able to see or experience for ourselves.

Common misconception

Pupils may think that all the food we eat is used by the body.

When pupils model the lower part of the digestive system they will see some of the food is absorbed as nutrients and other parts form waste which leaves the body.

Keywords

Intestine - The intestine is a long tube that is split into the small and large intestine, through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested.
Nutrients - Nutrients are important substances that living things use to stay alive and healthy. Animals take in nutrients from their food.
Rectum - The rectum is the end part of the large intestine that holds faeces before it leaves the body through the anus.
Faeces - Animals make solid waste in the form of faeces.
Anus - The anus is the hole at the end of the digestive system through which solid waste is pushed out.