2.3 Energy & Waste Flashcards
Your body’s telling you that it needs food
Hunger
The amount of energy in food is measured by
calories
The amount of energy it takes to raise 1KG of water by 1C
Calories
Releases the energy from the processed food
Your digestive system
the part of food used to grow and survive
Nutrients
5 examples of nutrients
Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals
the mechanical and chemical breakdown
Digestion
The 4 steops of digestion
ingestion, digestion, absorbtion, and elimination
when you chew mash and grind foor with your teeth and tongue
mechanical digestion
break down peices of food
chemical digestion
when you put food in your mouth
ingestion
an enzyme in your mouth that helps break down carbohydrates
saliva
a muscular tube that connects your mouth to your stomach
esophagus
food moves through the esophagus and the rest of the digestive tract by waves of muscle contractions
Peristalsis
a large hollow organ that stores food
stomach