Our Stomach

Science class we learned about the stomach and how it works. There are enzymes in your stomach that help hydrochloric acid. The acid destroys food and allows the organs to use the energy and vitamins from the food. The stomach is lined with mucus which doesn’t allow the acid to eat through the stomach. We did a lab in class that shows the acid and enzymes work. When the acid was alone it didn’t work so well, and neither did the enzymes. The enzymes were mixed with the water it started to decompose but the acid and enzymes worked a lot better. We also saw a video and that me understand a lot better. Without hydrochloric acids and the enzymes we would die because we wouldn’t have enough nutrients.