Eating to Live Video
Direction: Write the following questions on a separate sheet of paper and answer them by watching the video in class.

Assignment Discovery: Cells
1) Why do scientists think of the digestive tract as being outside of the body?

2) Name the components supplied by food intake that are typically needed on an average day.

3) Why is the sense of smell more important than the taste buds in determining the flavor of food?

4) How is the stomach lining protected from the harmful affects of its own gastric juices?

5) How can emotional stress affect digestion?

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Tuesday September 26, 2006