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What is the first step in the digestive process?
What is the first step in the digestive process?
- Food exiting the body as feces
- Food entering the mouth (correct)
- Food passing through a long tube
- Food being broken down into small pieces
What happens to protein during the digestive process?
What happens to protein during the digestive process?
- It breaks down into amino acids (correct)
- It breaks down into simple sugars
- It exits the body as feces
- It breaks down into fatty acids and glycerol
What triggers the start of the digestive process?
What triggers the start of the digestive process?
- Smelling food (correct)
- Thinking about delicious food
- Salivating
- Tasting food
What is the purpose of breaking down food into tiny molecules?
What is the purpose of breaking down food into tiny molecules?
Where does food exit the body in the digestive process?
Where does food exit the body in the digestive process?