Digestion and nutrition
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1: Why does the body need 2: What is the chemical test for
protein? starch?
To grow Biuret solution
To get bigger Benedict's solution
Growth and repair of cells Iodine solution
To build muscle Ethanol and water
3: Which of the following are 4: What colour change is
examples of carbohydrates? observed when Biuret solution
Choose two answers. tests for proteins?
Fatty acids Orange to blue-black
Starch Blue to brick red
Amino acids Clear to cloudy
Glucose Blue to purple
5: What is the chemical test for 6: What is the function of the
fats? digestive system? Choose the
best answer.
Biuret solution
The break down our food
Ethanol and water
To break down large insoluble
Benedict's solution molecules into smaller more
Iodine solution soluble molecules
To get nutrients out of our food
To break down large molecules
into smaller ones
7: Which is not an organ of the 8: Which of the following food
digestive system? items would test positive with
Biuret solution? (Tick 3 boxes)
Mouth
Lentils
Small intestine
Bread
Oesophagus
Tuna
Liver
Baked beans
Kidney
Leafy green vegetables
Large intestine
Stomach
9: What is mechanical digestion? 10: What is the role of bile?
breaking down food using To help in the digestion and
chemicals absorption of fats
breaking down food with a To soften the food to make it pass
physical action, e.g. through the intestinal tract more
chewing/churning easily
breaking down food with a To kill bacteria in the food
machine, e.g. puréeing
To help in the digestion and
breaking down food with a knife absorption of carbohydrates
and fork
11: What component of a healthy 12: Where is most of our water
diet helps keep food moving absorbed during digestion?
through the intestinal tract?
Small intestine
Protein
Large intestine
Fats
Stomach
Vitamins
Liver
Fibre
Carbohydrates
13: Enzymes are like chemical... 14: Where is amylase first
released in the digestive system?
Pencils
Liver
Erasers
Stomach
Scissors
Mouth
Rulers
Small intestine
15: What is the pH of the 16: Lipase is an enzyme that
stomach? breaks down what type of foods?
pH 1-3 Strong acid Carbohydrates
pH 4-6 Weak acid Proteins
pH 7 Neutral Fats
pH 8-11 Weak alkali
pH 12-14 Strong alkali
17: What does semi-permeable 18: Which of the following
mean? adaptations of the small intestine
ensure a constant diffusion
Allows the passage of all
gradient between the small
substances through a membrane
intestine and the bloodstream?
Allows the passage of selected It's very long
substances through a membrane
Folded membranes containing villi
Stops all substances passing
through the membrane Excellent blood supply
Villi are covered with even smaller
structures called microvilli
19: What is the correct pathway 20: What are proteins broken
through the digestive system? down into?
Oesophagus, mouth, stomach, Glucose
small intestine, large intestine
Fatty acids and glycerol
Mouth, stomach, oesophagus,
small intestine, large intestine Protease
Mouth, oesophagus, stomach, Amino acids
small intestine, large intestine
Mouth, oesophagus, stomach,
large intestine, small intestine
21: What type of chemical are 22: What is the term used to
enzymes? describe an enzyme that can no
longer carry out its function?
Carbohydrates
Broken
Proteins
Dead
Acids
Denatured
Fats
Not working
23: What is the role of the 24: What is starch made up of?
stomach acid?
Long chains of sucrose molecules
Break down food
Short chains of glucose molecules
To create a neutral environment
in the stomach Long chains of glucose molecules
To kill microbes in our food Short chains of sucrose molecules
To churn the food whilst in the
stomach
25: What is the chemical test for 26: What is the colour change
sugars? you expect to observe when
Benedict's solution is in the
Benedict's solution
presence of sugars?
Iodine solution Blue to brick red
Biuret solution Orange to blue-black
Limewater Brick red to blue
Orange to blue
27: Choose the best answer to 28: Respiration is carried out by
complete the sentence: a healthy our cells to release energy from
diet consists of... our food. Which is the correct
equation for respiration?
just the right amount of nutrients
as required by our lifestyle Glucose + water → carbon dioxide
+ oxygen
just the right amount of each of
the components as required by Carbon dioxide + water → glucose
our lifestyle + oxygen
too much of a particular Glucose + oxygen → carbon
component in the diet dioxide + water + energy
too little of a particular Glucose + oxygen → carbon
component in the diet dioxide + water
29: Where does respiration take 30: When testing a food for
place? Choose the best answer. nutrients, which chemical tests
will show a positive result with
In our cells
cheese? (Tick 2 boxes)
In the cytoplasm Iodine
In the mitochondria Benedict's solution
In our bodies Biuret solution
Ethanol and water
31: When testing a food for 32: When testing a food for
nutrients, which chemical tests nutrients, which chemical test
will show a positive result with will show a positive result with
bread? (Tick 2 boxes) tuna?
Iodine Iodine
Benedict's solution Benedict's solution
Biuret solution Biuret solution
Ethanol and water Ethanol and water
33: What is the unit for energy? 34: What component is needed
for growth and repair?
newton
Carbohydrates
joule
Proteins
kilogram
Fats
gram
Vitamins
Minerals
Fibre
35: Where does most digestion 36: Which of the following
take place? features of the small intestine
increase the surface area to
Stomach.
ensure maximum absorption of
Mouth. food molecules? Choose 3
answers.
Small intestine.
Long.
Large intestine.
Folded membranes covered with
villi.
Excellent blood supply.
Villi covered with microvilli.
Most digestion takes place here.
37: What is the enzyme that 38: In the following hypothesis,
breaks down starch? what is the independent
variable? "The surface area of
Lactase.
the small intestine affects the
Protease. rate of diffusion of food into the
bloodstream."
Amylase.
The length of the small intestine.
Lipase.
The bloodstream.
The surface area of the small
intestine.
Rate of diffusion of food into the
bloodstream.
39: In the following hypothesis, 40: How many joules are in a
what is the dependent variable? kilojoule?
"The surface area of the small
1
intestine affects the rate of
diffusion of food into the 1000
bloodstream."
10
The length of the small intestine.
100,000
The bloodstream.
The surface area of the small
intestine.
Rate of diffusion of food into the
bloodstream.
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