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Delta Modern Language Schools  Getting Fuel
Science department
Grade 6
1st term 2024- 2025

                               Getting fuel (energy):

➢ The systems need energy from food we eat to do their functions.

Food       consists            Complex                 such as
               of               nutrient

➢ The complex nutrients must be converted into simpler substances
    before they can be used by body cells.

➢ Inside the cells, some of simpler substances are used in cellular
    respiration process

 Function of digestive system

        ➢ It breaks down food into nutrients which the body can use for
           energy and growth.

Digestion                              It's the process of conversion of food from
process                                a complex form into simpler substances
                                       (nutrients).

                               Structure of digestive system

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