Digestive and Reproductive System

Question 1

What is the job of the digestive system?

Answer 1

To physically and chemically change food into smaller molecules that the body can absorb

Question 2

What is the job of the reproductive system?

Answer 2

To produce sex cells in the ovaries for the females and the testes in the males

Question 3

What is physical and chemical digestion?

Answer 3

Physical digestion is when the food is broken down physically into smaller pieces. Chemical digestion is when enzymes break down food into smaller pieces

Question 4

What are the structures of the digestive system?

Answer 4

The mouth, tongue, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, large intestine, rectum, anus

Question 5

What does organic mean?

Answer 5

When something is organic, that means that they have carbon in them

Question 6

What are the energy transformations that happen inside the digestive system?

Answer 6

The chemical energy inside the food gets turned into thermal and mechanical energy

Question 7

What are the sex cells inside males and females?

Answer 7

The sex cells inside the males are sperm and the sex cells inside females are eggs

Question 8

What are the structures of the reproductive system for males and females?

Answer 8

The reproductive structures found in males are the penis, testes, prostate gland, seminal vesicle, vas deferens, scrotum, and urethra. The reproductive structures found in females are the vagina, ovaries, uterus, fallopian tube, and the cervix