Scribd
Upload
63 views2 pages

4th - Digestion Puzzle

The document is a puzzle activity for 5th Form students focused on food nutrition and health, specifically digestion. It includes clues for filling in words related to mechanical and chemical digestion, as well as processes like mastication and excretion. The puzzle aims to reinforce students' understanding of key concepts in digestion and nutrient absorption.

Uploaded by

Jessica Smith
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
63 views2 pages

4th - Digestion Puzzle

The document is a puzzle activity for 5th Form students focused on food nutrition and health, specifically digestion. It includes clues for filling in words related to mechanical and chemical digestion, as well as processes like mastication and excretion. The puzzle aims to reinforce students' understanding of key concepts in digestion and nutrient absorption.

Uploaded by

Jessica Smith
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Food Nutrition and Health

5th Form

Digestion Puzzle

Use the clues to fill in the words below. Words can go across or down. Letters are shared
when the words intersect.

M E C H A N I C A L
r

E X C R E T I O N

t B O L U S
M A S T I C A T I O N

B l

S
s C H E M I C A L
O
i

R s C H Y M E

O
E N Z Y M E S
ACROSS

3. _____________________ is another term for 'physical' digestion.

5. The process of removing wastes and excess water from the body.

7. A mass of solid or semisolid food that has just been chewed and mixed with saliva, ready

to be swallowed.

8. This is the mechanical grinding of food into smaller pieces by teeth; it is essentially a

technical word for “chewing”.

10. _______________digestion begins in the mouth when food mixes with saliva.

11. ______________is a semi-fluid pulp formed in the stomach made of partly digested food

and the secretions of the gastrointestinal tract.

12. This refers to how the cells utilize the energy we have absorbed from food during

digestion.

13. Digestive ______________speed up the breakdown (hydrolysis) of food molecules into

their 'building block' components.

DOWN

1. ________________ begins in the mouth as the food is chewed.

2. These are involuntary movements of the longitudinal and circular muscles, primarily in the

digestive tract that occur in progressive wavelike contractions.

4. Another term/ jargon used in place of digestion.

6. This is the complex process of turning the food you eat into nutrients, which the body uses

for energy, growth and cell repair needed to survive.

9. This refers to the movement of nutrients, water and electrolytes from the lumen of the

small intestine into the cell, then into the blood.

You might also like