Guts: Our Digestive System: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 1. Saliva contains a substance called an ____ that helps to break down food into nutrients that the body can use.
  • 5. Your _____ are the hardest parts of your body.
  • 7. Teeth are covered by hard, white _____.
  • 9. The last stops in the digestive tract, before getting rid of the undigested waste, are the small and large _____.
  • 10. _____ crushes and mashes food and mixes it with watery saliva.

Down

  • 2. The tube that leads from the throat to the stomach
  • 3. Baby teeth are also called ____ teeth.
  • 4. The bacteria in _____ release acids that may cause cavities.
  • 6. If bits of old food and ____ build up in the mouth, they form a layer of dental plaque.
  • 8. The _____ system turns the food you eat into the energy and nutrients that your body needs.

Word Bank

digestive
esophagus
intestines
teeth
deciduous
enamel
bacteria
plaque
chewing
enzyme