Science ( Metabolism & Digestive System )

Metabolism

The process your body uses to turn food you eat into energy

Example of how their both Important

teammates in a relay race passing thé baton

Eating a bowl of cereal with milk :

calcium from ___ to make your bones stronger

carbs from ___ to give you energy to focus in class

What does metabolism do after digestion?*

Turns nutrients into energy

What does metabolism use to help you grow taller and do everything else?

Food

Why does your metabolism keep working while your sleeping?

To keep your heart beating and body warm

Chemical Energy :

• Carbohydrates

• Fats

• Proteins

• Etc

Chemical waste :

• Carbon dioxide

• Water

Body is like a car :

food is the fuel & metabolism is the energy that turns into motion

Carbohydrates:

The main body source of fuel & energy, which helps you run, play, and think.

Fats :

They are a special type of nutrient in food that gives your body energy, helps you grow and keep you warm!

Protein :

It is a vital nutrient made of tiny building blocks called amino acids that helps your body grow & stay healthy !

Example for carbohydrates:

bread, pasta ,fruit & potatoes

Example of Fats

Avocado, nuts & seeds , fish, olive oil, butter & cheese, fried food ,

Example of proteins :

Eggs, Greek yogurt , Chicken , beans and lentils, nuts

Eating a banana before soccer :

Metabolism turns thé banana into energy so you can kick the ball harder

Your pizza slice gets squished and mixed with acid to help break it down

Stomach

While eating an apple, your teeth break it into smaller pieces and your spit starts softening it

Mouth

What’s another name for the large intestine ?

Colon

Energy

You need it to do everything

How it works :

1. Breaks it down using digestion

2. Takes the nutrients ( sugar, protein,fat )

3. Uses those nutrients to give you energy or store it for later

Salivary Glands

Produce saliva to moisten food & began digestion

Appendix

small sac ; thought to play a role in gut immunty

2 examples of metabolism

Sleeping & growing taller

Why is everyone’s metabolism a lil different ?

Some ppl burn energy faster than others

Some ppl burn energy slower than others

Main sugars :

Glucose,fructose ,sucrose,lactose

Digestive system

The group of organs that work together to break down food we eat into smaller pieces

What are all the parts :

Mouth salivary glands esophagus liver stomach gallbladder pancreas large intestine small intestine appendix rectum anus

Mouth

Chews food & mixes it with saliva

esophagus

A tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach

Stomach

Mixes food with strong juices

Small intestine

Takes in nutrients from the food

Liver

Makes bile = a juice that helps break down fats

Gallbladder

Stores bile & sends it to the small intestine when needed

Pancreas

Makes juices that help digest food & produces insulin to help to control your blood sugar

Large intestine

Takes water out of leftover food & turns it into waste

Rectum & anus

= Stores poop = Releases poop

How does the digestive system & metabolism work together ?

1 ) breaks food into tiny piece

2) uses those pieces to give ur body energy