July 19th, 2018 I Am Malala by: Malala Yousafzai

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*To improve your MATH SKILLS spend at least 20 minutes practicing them using IXL.COM. (REMEMBER TO ENTER YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD WHEN LOGGING ON! THAT WILL BE PROOF THAT YOU DID IT!)

Directions: WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES! Choose the level that you feel you can successfully complete, but be brave and choose the level that challenges you!

Level#1

The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. It squeezes together and pushes the food down toward the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach.

1. Explain what the esophagus is.






2. Explain what the esophagus does when you swallow food.





3. What connects the mouth to the stomach?









Level#2

The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. Muscles in the esophagus squeeze together, involuntarily, to push the food down toward the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach.

1. What is the esophagus and what is it made of?




2. How does the esophagus do its job and what job does it do?




3. When the esophagus does its job of pushing the food towards the stomach what type of muscle action is involved?




Level#3

The esophagus is a food tube made of muscle. Muscles in the esophagus squeeze together, involuntarily, to push the food down toward the stomach. It connects the mouth to the stomach. There is a flap of tissue called the epiglottis between these two opening. the epiglottis closes when you swallow. This keeps food from going down the windpipe and prevents you from choking.


1. Explain what the esophagus is and what it is made of.






2. What does the epiglottis do when we swallow?





3. What important job does the epiglottis do and what does it prevent?




4. What is the flap of tissue called that closes when you swallow and what does it prevent you from doing?








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