STATION 1

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1. What is the function of the digestive system?

2. What chemical digestion happens in the mouth?
3. What mechanical digestion happens in the mouth?

STATION 2
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4. Can you swallow upside down? Why or why not?

5. What chemical digestion happens in the stomach?
6. What mechanical digestion happens in the stomach?

STATION 3
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7. List 3 foods that contain a lot of starch.

8. List 3 foods that contain a lot of Protein.
9. What has to happen to starches and proteins so your body can use them?

STATION 4
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10. When she was eating lunch, a scientist accidentally dropped a piece of meat into a beaker of
Hydrochloric Acid. The meat didn’t break down. Why not?
11. How do you do a sugar test? How do you know if it’s positive or negative?

STATION 5
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12. If you put protein into a membrane, why wouldn’t it diffuse through?
13. What could you add to make it diffuse through? Explain your answer

STATION 6
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14. If you mixed amylase and protein, what would happen? Explain your answer.
15. What does each of the following chemicals break down:
Amylase:
Gastric Juice:
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Date ____________________________
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Bile:
Pancreatic Juice

STATION 7
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14. After food is digested, where does it go?

15. How do you do a starch test? How do you know if it’s positive or negative?

STATION 8
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14. What happens in the duodenum?

15. You do a sugar and starch test on a “mystery food.” The results are in the table below:

Sugar test Starch Test

Mystery food
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Part 1. What type of food is it?

a) Steak
b) Potato
c) Pepsi
d) Jolly rancher
Part 2. Explain how you know.

STATION 7
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14. After food is digested, where does it go?

15. How do you do a starch test? How do you know if it’s positive or negative?

STATION 8
Tape these questions into your notebook, and record your answers below the questions.

14. What happens in the duodenum?

15. You do a sugar and starch test on a “mystery food.” The results are in the table below:
 Sugar test Starch Test

Mystery food
- +

Part 1. What type of food is it?

a) Steak
b) Potato
c) Pepsi
d) Jolly rancher
Part 2. Explain how you know.