Question 10 | GED Science Practice Test 1




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Your body turns food into sugar by an initial chemical reaction from chemicals in your:

Read the following passage:

It all starts with that first bite of pizza. Your teeth tear off that big piece of crust. Your saliva
glands start spewing out spit like fountains. Your molars grind your pizza crust, pepperoni, and
cheese into a big wet ball. Chemicals in your saliva start chemical reactions. Seemingly like
magic, starch in your pizza crust begins to turn to sugar! A couple of more chews and, then, your
tongue pushes the ball of chewed food to the back of your throat. A trap door opens, and there
it goes, down your gullet!

Your Digestive System. (2012). Discovery Kids. Retrieved October 9, 2013, from http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-digestive-system

Your body turns food into sugar by an initial chemical reaction from chemicals in your:

A. Gullet
B. Saliva
C. Molars
D. None of the above. There is no chemical reaction.