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| What is the process of changing food into a form your body can use? |
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| What are the 2 types of digestion? |
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physical digestion chemical digestion
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| Which type of digestion is the process by which large pieces of food and cut and cruched into smaller pieces? |
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| Where does mechanical digestion begin? |
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in your mouth Your teeth cut, tear, grind, and crush food. |
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| What is the hard, outer covering of the tooth? |
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enamel It is the HARDEST substance in your body. |
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| What is the spongy substance below the enamel of the tooth? |
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dentin It absorbs the shock of chewing. |
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| What keeps your teeth in the jaw? |
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| What is the space for nerves and blood vessels for the tooth? |
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| How many teeth does an adult have? |
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| What are the 4 different kinds of teeth? |
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incisors: cut and tear canines: cut and tear bicuspids: grind and crush molars: grind and crush
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| Be able to label the teeth. |
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see page 342 in your Life Science textbook. |
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| What is the process by which large food molecules are broken down into smaller food molecules? |
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| Where does chemical digestion begin? |
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in your mouth Saliva mixes with food to soften and begin to change starch to sugar. |
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| What is a protein that controls chemical reactions in the body? |
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enzyme They help the chemical digestion of food. |
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| How does mechanical digestion help chemical digestion? |
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Mechanical digestion increases the surface area of food particles for the enzymes to work on. |
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