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You learn how food moves through the body and what each digestive organ does. This matters because it helps you explain how nutrients are released and absorbed for growth and health.
You should already know the main parts of the human body. It also helps to recognise simple words for organs such as mouth, stomach, and intestine.
One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.
Where does the digestion of food begin?
Working: Digestion begins in the mouth, where teeth chew food and saliva starts breaking down starch.
This topic usually appears in Junior High School human body and health work, where learners study digestion as part of the body systems. It supports BECE preparation by building the vocabulary and organ functions needed for basic science questions.
Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.
Other JHS The Human Body & Health skills in Science, at the same point in the course.
6 questions with a worked answer after every attempt, and a SmartScore that tracks how close you are to mastery.