The ISM Millionaire Challenge document provides a quiz on concepts related to the mechanical digestion system. It consists of 16 multiple choice questions covering topics like the digestive system acronym, herbivore diets, peristalsis, nutrient absorption in the small intestines, stomach churning, cow teeth types, examples of carbohydrates, bile production, mechanical digestion purpose, water use, the epiglottis role, chemical digestion description, absorption structure, enzyme production locations, and bile's role in fat digestion. The quiz tests understanding of key anatomical structures and processes involved in breaking down food for absorption and use by the body.

1. ISM Millionaire Challenge
Mechanical Digestion

2. #1
The digestive system is a system because it has
BFS..IC. What does the I in the acronym
BFS…IC stands for ______?
A: Intestine B: Interconnection
C: Intersection D: Independence

3. B. Interconnection

4. #2
An herbivore eats what type of food?
A: Meat B: Vegetation
Nothing, it makes its
C: Meat and Vegetation D: own food from
sunlight

5. B. Vegetation

6. #3
What action takes place that moves food through
the Digestive system?
A: Gravity B: Reflexes
C: Peristalsis D: Cellular Respiration

7. C. Peristalsis

8. #4
What organ is mostly involved with the
absorption of nutrients?
A: Small Intestines B: Large Intestines
C: Stomach D: Mouth

9. A. Small
Intestines

10. #5
These aid in the absorption of nutrients in the
Small intestines by increasing the surface area?
A: Bacteria B: The mucosa
C: Villi D: Bile

11. C. Villi

12. #6
Where does Churning of food take place?
A: The mouth B: The Esophagus
C: The Large Intestines D: The Stomach

13. D. Stomach

14. #7
A cow would most likely have these types of teeth.
A: Canines B: Incisors
Who needs teeth when
C: Molars D: you just eat grass!

15. C. Molars

16. #8
Which is an example of a Carbohydrate?
A: An Egg B: Bread
C: Steak D: Beans

17. B. Bread

18. #9
The Liver produces ___________.
A: Gastric Juices B: Red Blood Cells
C: Bile D: Saliva

19. C. Bile

20. #10
The purpose of Mechanical Digestion is to
make food substances _________.
A: Simpler B: Easier to swallow
C: Smaller D: Absorbable

21. C. Smaller

22. #11
The Water you drink is used by the body to:
A: Soak up food B: Transport nutrients
C: Lubricate your D: Help store energy
stomach

23. B. Transport
Nutrients

24. #12
The epiglottis is a flap-like structure that
prevents food from entering the _________.
A: Airway B: Esophagus
C: Mouth D: Nose

25. A. Airway

26. #13
Which of the following describes
chemical digestion?
A: Grinding of food by B: Churning of food
the teeth
C: Action of bile D: Peristalsis

27. C. Action of bile

28. #14
Which structure performs the important
function of Absorption?
A: Small intestine B: Large intestine
C: Both A and B D: None of the above

29. C. Both A and B

30. #15
Enzymes in the small intestines complete the
digestion of food. Apart from the intestinal wall,
which structure helps produce these enzymes?
A: Stomach B: Large intestine
C: Liver D: Pancreas

31. D. Pancreas

32. #16
Bile helps digest fats by converting fats
into _______
A: Fatty Acids B: Glycerol
C: Both A and B D: Fat droplets

33. D. Fat droplets

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