Food and
Digestion
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Q1. What type of food is
essential for growth and
repair?
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A1. Protein
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Q2. What type of food
provides energy quite
quickly?
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A2. Carbohydrates
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Q3. What type of food
provides an energy store
within the body?
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A3. Fat
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Q4. What is an insoluble
carbohydrate with big
molecules?
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A4. Starch
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Q5. What are needed in
very small amounts to
keep body processes
working properly?
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A5. Vitamins
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Q6. What do you call
essential elements, like
calcium for healthy
bones?
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A6. Minerals
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Q7. What keeps food
moving through the
digestive system?
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A7. Fibre
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Q8. Where does food
enter the body?
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A8. Mouth
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Q9. What do you call the
organ where food is
absorbed into the blood?
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A9. Intestines
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Q10. What is the tube
from mouth to stomach
called?
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A10. Gullet
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Q11. Where are faeces
(mainly indigestible
foods) stored?
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A11. Rectum
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Q12. Where do faeces
leave the body?
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A12. Anus
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Q13. What is the tiny
finger shaped projection
in the digestive system
that helps absorb food
into the bloodstream
called?
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A13. Villus
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Q14. What is the name
of the semi-permeable
tubing that only small
molecules can get
through?
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A14. Visking tubing
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Q15. What is the
muscular organ in your
body that churns up
food?
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A15. Stomach
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Q16. What are the
organic catalysts that
speed up chemical
reactions called?
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A16. Enzymes
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Q17. What building
blocks are proteins
made of?
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A17. Amino acids
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Q18. What is needed to
drive all life processes?
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A18. Energy
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Q19. When a diet has a
healthy mixture of
different foods it is ... ?
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A19. Balanced
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Q20. What is the
technical term for all the
foods that you eat?
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A20. Diet
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Well Done!
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