Vocabulary List:

• Ingestion: The process of taking food and drinks into the body by swallowing.
• Saliva: A transparent liquid produced in the mouth that helps to wet food, making it easier to swallow.
• Esophagus: The tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, through which food travels.
• Involuntarily: Actions that happen without conscious control, like the muscles of the esophagus contracting to push food down.
• Hydrochloric Acid: A very strong acid found in the stomach that breaks down food chemically and kills most germs.
• Digestion: The process of breaking down food into smaller pieces, both mechanically (like chewing) and chemically (like with stomach acid).
• Villi: Tiny, finger-like projections in the small intestine that help absorb nutrients from digested food.
• Enzymes: Substances in saliva and the stomach that help speed up the chemical breakdown of food.
• Absorption: The process by which nutrients from digested food are taken into the bloodstream, primarily in the small intestine.
• Rectum: The lower end of the large intestine where poop is stored before being eliminated from the body.
• Egested: The act of discharging undigested waste material (poop) from the body.
• Elimination: The final step of food processing where poop is excreted from the body.

Since these words are difficult, here is a more simply worded vocabulary worksheet:

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Here are 10 comprehension questions about the video. The wording of the questions might be difficult, and may require some guidance.

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