Respuesta :
**1. What is the digestive system?**
Answer: D. The body's food processing system
**2. A process of taking food through the mouth where food is mechanically broken down into smaller pieces by teeth.**
Answer: C. Ingestion
**3. The process where nutrients are absorbed by each cell of the body in the form of energy.**
Answer: A. Absorption
**4. The mouth is where digestion starts.**
Answer: A. mouth
**5. The food passes through the esophagus and moves down to the stomach by the help of muscle contractions in the esophagus, which is called**
Answer: D. Peristalsis
**6. Solid waste leaves the body through the rectum and anus. Liquid waste leaves the body after passing through the**
Answer: C. Large Intestine and Bowel
**7. The process of eliminating unwanted and excess substances from the body after the food has been digested.**
Answer: A. Excretion
**8. Undigested parts of food or those that were not absorbed by the body are eliminated as**
Answer: C. Feces
**9. Where does the partly digested food (in liquid form) go after it leaves the stomach?**
Answer: C. Small intestine
**10. Saliva, produced by the salivary glands, is a watery liquid that softens and wets the food in the mouth.**
Answer: B. Saliva
**11. Comparing mitosis and meiosis, which of the following is an accurate statement?**
Answer: C. Most plant and animal cells undergo mitosis; both plants and animals are able to perform meiosis
**12. Which of the following accurately describes one of the major discussions of mitosis?**
Answer: D. During interphase, cells are performing their primary function and preparing for cell division
**13. How many sets of chromosomes in the human body (somatic cells)?**
Answer: A. 2 sets