Question

Bill Nye: Digestion
1. You are what you ______________________.
2. Where do we get the energy/fuel or chemicals we need to keep going?
3. Our body combines the chemicals we eat with _________________ to release energy.
4. What fuels the Steam Car of Science?
5. Food is _________________.
6. Name two healthy foods in the “Healthy Foods” truck.
7. What does Bill get to drink with his lunch at the diner?
8. What is in the peanut that causes it to burn?
9. What you get hungry, your stomach muscles __________________, to let you know it’s time to
put some food in it to digest.
10. How often do you grow brand new stomach lining?
11. How long is the small intestine?
12. How long is the large intestine?
13. Fat feels really ________________, like butter.
14. Name two veggies that are grown in the community garden in the “Check It Out” segment.
15. The food we eat is pushed by muscles. This is called ____________________. Far out!
16. How much saliva does the average person make in one day?
17. Our small intestine absorbs chemicals in food like a ________________ soaks up water.
18. What does the “Way Cool Scientist” study?
19. What is the type of beans served with tacos?
20. Waste is what’s _____________ ___________ after your body extracts the nutrients from the
food we eat!
21. All that talk about food has made Bill __________________ at the end of the show!

Answer 1

Here are the answers (filled as single words/short phrases where appropriate):

1. eat
2. food
3. oxygen
4. food (sugar/glucose)
5. chemicals
6. apples and carrots
7. milk
8. oil/fat
9. contract
10. every three days
11. about 22 feet
12. about 5 feet
13. greasy
14. tomatoes and lettuce
15. peristalsis
16. about 1 liter (roughly a quart)
17. sponge
18. digestion (digestive system)
19. refried beans
20. left over
21. hungry

If you want, I can re-check any specific items against the episode transcript or give exact quotes for the lines you’re unsure about.