TOPIC - TEETH AND DIGESTION (2019-20)

Name ________________Sec ___ Date ________ Roll no.____

I. Fill in the blanks

a) A tooth is made up of three parts:________,_____________ and__________.

b) The first set of teeth is known as _______ or ______________ teeth.

c) For maintaining healthy teeth, we must consume food that

contains ample quantity of _____________ and ________________.

d) Muscles of food pipe ___________and __________ to push the food towards the
stomach.

e) By the time the child is______ years old , he or she has 20 milk teeth.

f) A baby gets its first tooth by the age of_____ years.

g) Teeth give ___________ to our face and help us to __________.

h)Every individual has unique _____________________ and ____________________.

i)______________ and ____________ are single-celled microbes.

II. Label and colour the different types of teeth in the permanent set of teeth.
a
b

d
a
b
c
d
III. Complete the table:

Picture Name Type Number in Use

each jaw

Chisel shaped

Crush and grind

food

Molar

IV. Give reason.

a) Do not eat too many sweets and chocolates.

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b)Drink plenty of milk.

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c)Use toothpaste with fluoride.

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d)Tooth starts paining when cavities reach pulp.

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V. a) Define plaque.

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b) What is pulp? What function does it perform in a tooth?

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c) What happens to the undigested food in the body?

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VI. Complete the following to know how cavities form in teeth.

When we eat, small pieces of __________ sometimes get stuck ________________ the
teeth. A sticky yellowish layer of _________ and _____________________ called
_____________ forms on the teeth. The bacteria break down food particles into
___________ .This acid eats away the ____________ causing ___________ into the
teeth.

VII. Name the following:

1. Breaking down of food into simpler substance

2. Chew and grind food
3. Makes food soft and breaks down insoluble starch into soluble
sugar
4. Connects mouth to stomach
5. Blood vessels in its walls absorb water from undigested food
6. Hollow bag of muscles
7. Produce digestive juices to take part in the process of digestion
8. Carries digested food to all the cells of the body
9. A long coiled tube into which food goes from stomach
10. Semi –solid waste is thrown out through this
VIII. Complete the table:

S.No GERMS DISEASES

1. Bacteria
2. Fungi
3. Virus
4. Protozoa