Activity Sheet 1

Fourth Quarter Science 8

Name: ___________________________ Grade & Sec. ____________

Date:_________
Learning Competencies & Code:
1. Explain ingestion, absorption, assimilation, and excretion S8LT-IVa-13
Lesson/Topic: Digestive System
Objectives:
1. Trace the pathway of food from mouth to the anus
2. Explain how food is digested into a form that can be absorbed by the body
3. Value food as a form of nourishment for the body rather than a form of pleasure

References:
DepEd Learning Material for Science 8 (2014)
Exploring Life Through Science 8, Phoenix Publishing (2016)

Introduction:
The digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal tract—also called the GI tract or digestive tract—and
the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. The GI tract is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from
the mouth to the anus. The hollow organs that make up the GI tract are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small
intestine, large intestine, and anus. The liver, pancreas, and gallbladder are the accessory organs of the digestive
system.

In this activity sheet, you will deepen your understanding of Digestive System

No. 1 Activity
Be a gastroenterologist!
Directions:
- Assume the role of an expert doctor on the Digestive System, a gastroenterologist, by answering the
graphic organizers in a separate sheet of paper
- You may use the learners’ material or the internet references in the School-based Management System in
Science 8 to help you complete the tasks below
- You may also ask the help of your “colleagues” in Project I-one to help you accomplish this activity
sheet.

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 List the order in which food
What are the Functions of the Digestive
System? passes through the body.

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Mouth
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What is the purpose of the hydrochloric acid

produced by the stomach cells?
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List three accessory digestive organs.

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Suggest why the small intestine is so long.

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Anus
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 Checked by: Remarks:

Score:________ Joseph Gabriel G. Cruz ________________ __________________

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Identify what is referred to by the following definitions by using the word

box in the column in the left

1. _____ Stores a substance called bile, which emulsifies fats

2. _____ A flap of connective tissue that covers the opening of
A. Liver
the trachea when swallowing
3. _____ Mechanical and chemical digestion of carbohydrates B. Colon
begins in this organ C. Gall bladder
4. _____ Microscopic projections that absorb nutrients from D. Esophagus
food into the bloodstream, increase surface area of small E. Mouth
intestine F. Pancreas
5. _____Used to cut, tear, and grind food G. Teeth
6. _____ Muscular movements that push food through the H. Stomach
digestive system I. Large Intestine
7. _____ Absorbs excess water form undigested food prior to its J. Villi
release from the body as a solid waste K. Peristalsis
8. _____ Produces bile and detoxifies a variety of substances L. Epiglottis
9. _____ Produces three enzymes: lipase, amylase and trypsin, M. Small Intestine
also produces sodium bicarbonate
N. Goblet Cells
10. _____ Another name for the large intestine
11. _____ Cells that produce mucus
12. _____ A tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
13. _____ Mechanical and chemical digestion of proteins begins
in this organ
14. _____ Produces four enzymes: maltase, sucrase, lactase and
peptidase, most chemical digestion of food takes place in this
organ

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