| A | B |
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| Chyme | A mixture of partially digested food that is passed from the stomach into the small intestine. |
| Bolus | A soft mass of chewed food within the mouth or alimentary canal. |
| Autotroph | An organism that CAN make their own food. |
| Heterotroph | An organism that CAN NOT make their own food. |
| Producer | An organism that CAN make their own food. |
| Consumer | An organism that cannot make their own food. |
| Photosynthesis | The process of making food from inorganic molecules |
| digestion | When a large molecule is broken down into smaller molecules (to make it ready to use). |
| Elimination | When waste is removed from the body or the cell. |
| Ingestion | When food or nutrients are taken into the body or the cell. |
| Absorption | When essential nutrients are take in out of the digestive tract and move into the cells. |
| Acid Reflux | A situation that occurs when the acid in your stomach starts to travel up the esophagus |
| Anorexia | A type of eating disorder where a person does not eat food or enough food to sustain proper metabolic activities in an attempt to avert weight gain. |
| Bulimia | A type of eating disorder where a person has excessive food intake followed by self-induced vomiting to avert weight gain. |
| Peristalsis | Wavelike muscular contractions that aids in the movement of food through the digestive tract. |
| Feces | Undigestible nutrients or waste. |
| Pepsin | An enzyme that is produced by the stomach that breaks down protein into smaller molecules. |
| Amylase | A digestive enzyme that breaks down starch (polysaccharides) into smaller molecules (monosaccharides). |
| Acidity | A solution that has a pH of 6 or lower. |
| Alkalinity | A solution that has a pH of 8 or higher. |
| Litmus paper | A paper that is used as an pH indicator. |
| pH scale | Provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. |
| Neutral | A solution that has a pH of 6.5 through 7.5. |
