Digestion bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Taking food in through the mouth, the very first step

   Item

   Ingestion

2. Clue

   Mechanical and chemical breakdown into small fragments

   Item

   Digestion

3. Clue

   Nutrients crossing into the blood at the small intestine

   Item

   Absorption

4. Clue

   Removing the undigested remains, the final step

   Item

   Elimination

5. Clue

   Wave-like muscle contractions that move food along

   Item

   Peristalsis

6. Clue

   Chewing that breaks food physically into smaller bits

   Item

   Mastication

7. Clue

   Bird chamber that stores, soaks and grinds the food

   Item

   Gizzard

8. Clue

   Earthworm organ storing food just past the esophagus

   Item

   Crop

9. Clue

   Where most of the remaining water is reabsorbed

   Item

   Colon

Instructions

Read each call, tap its term on the board. Three in a line is bingo.

Explanation