C15L2 Digestive System WebQuest1
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Digestive System WebQuest
C15L2
Go to:
1) Read “About the Digestive System.”
a) Why do we digest food in the first place? Explain in your own words.
b) What nutrients are involved?
2) Click on “Body Basics: Digestive System” in the blue box on the right.
Click on each organ and read.
You might already know some of these facts!
Name at least 4 organs and a fact about each that you learned from this diagram.
3) Go to page 3, “Things That Can Go Wrong with the Digestive System.”
a) What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and what digestive organs does it involve? Describe it in your own words.
b) What is Cystic Fibrosis and what digestive organs does it involve? Describe itin your own words.
c) What is Hepatitis and what digestive organs does it involve? Describe it in your own words.
Go to:
Click on “English,” “Digestive Track, ” and “Guided Tour”
Participate in the “Guided Tour.” Watch the animations, they are very helpful! WATCH EVERYTHING
4) Name and explain 2 things that you were able to visualize more clearly about the
digestive system since you went on the guided tour.
5) Click on “Virtual Body,” “English,” “Digestive Track, ” “Organize Your Organs” and “Start
Game” Play this!
Go to:
6) Read this page and TAKE THE QUIZ!
Go to
7) Slide the “Overview” button to the right, slide it over each organ to get a closer look!
When you get to the “Biliary Tract,” explain what makes bile and how it gets into the
gallbladder.
Go to:
8) Click: “Explore the Digestive System” Go through this tour and make sure to answer the
trivia questions!
a) How much saliva do you swallow a day?
b) Acids are measured from 1-10 on a pH scale. 1 is the most acidic. How acidic is the acid in your stomach and what is it strong enough to do?!
c) Which of the three foods stays in your stomach the longest. Why?
d) With which food does the liver have to produce more bile? Why?
9) Now that you’ve learning some facts about your digestive system, do you think that your digestive system is made of mostly voluntary or involuntary muscles? Explain.
10) Research about belches and flatulence, stomach growling, vomit, and what makes up feces.
a) Where does the gas that is released from your body come from? How do belches differ from flatulence? Are the gasses the same?
b) What causes your stomach to growl?
c) What makes your body vomit and what is it made up of?
d) What makes up feces?
11) When you finish the web activities enjoy these quizzes and games….
- Click on “Click here to preview” Take the quiz!