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How much saliva does the average person produce per day?
a) 1 liter
b) 2 liters
c) 3 liters
d) 1 gallon

Which animal does not have a stomach
a) Koala
b) Ant
c) Platypus
d) Sloth

What is the record for most hot dogs eaten in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest?
a) 76
b) 78
c) 82
d) 91

Your food can spend up to this long is the small intestine.
a) 4 minutes
b) 4 seconds
c) 4 months
d) 4 hours

Approximately how many feet long is the digestive system
a) 3 feet
b) 15 feet
c) 30 feet
d)

This organ stores swallowed food and liquid, mixes up digestive juices with the food and liquid and sends it to the small intestine.
a) Liver
b) Stomach
c) Large Intestine
d)

When the muscles contract to keep food moving through the digestive system.
a) Peristalsis
b) Villi
c) Deglutition
d)

The process in which enzymes and other chemicals are used to break foods into smaller pieces.
a) Mechanical Digestion
b) Chemical Digestion
c)
d)

Another name for the oral cavity. Mechanical and chemical digestion take place here.
a) Pharynx
b) Esophagus
c) Mouth
d)

The small intestine is longer than the large intestine.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

A long tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
a) Esophagus
b) Trachea
c) Pharnyx
d)

The place where digested molecules of food, water, and minerals are absorbed.
a) Mouth
b) Small Intestine
c) Large Intestine
d)

What is the longest someone has ever had the hiccups for?
a) 2 weeks
b) 2 months
c) 2 years
d) 68 years

This is the job of the digestive system.
a) To give the body shape
b) To take in and break down food for use by the body
c) To take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
d)

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