Activate 2 - Chapter B2.1 - Health & Lifestyle

Question 1

Nutrients

Answer 1

Essential substance that your body needs it to survive, provided by food.

Question 2

Carbohydrate

Answer 2

Nutrients which provides energy.

Question 3

Lipids (Fat)

Answer 3

Nutrients that provide a store of energy and insulate the body.

Question 4

Protein

Answer 4

Nutrients used for growth and repair.

Question 5

Vitamin

Answer 5

Essential Nutrients needed in small amounts to keep you healthy.

Question 6

Mineral

Answer 6

Essential Nutrient needed in small amounts to keep you healthy.

Question 7

Fibre

Answer 7

Provides bulk to food to keep it moving through the digestive system.

Question 8

Balanced Diet

Answer 8

Eating food containing the right nutrients in the correct amounts.

Question 9

Food Test

Answer 9

Chemical test to detect the presence of particular nutrients in a food.

Question 10

Hypothesis

Answer 10

An idea that is a way of explaining scientists’ observations.

Question 11

Malnourishment

Answer 11

Eating the wrong amount or the wrong types of food.

Question 12

Starvation

Answer 12

Extreme case of not eating enough food.

Question 13

Obese

Answer 13

Extremely Overweight.

Question 14

Deficiency

Answer 14

A lack of minerals, that causes poor growth.

Question 15

Digestive System

Answer 15

Group of Organs that work together to break down food.

Question 16

Digestion

Answer 16

Process where large molecules are broken down into small molecules.

Question 17

Gullet

Answer 17

Tube that food travels down into the stomach.

Question 18

Stomach

Answer 18

Organ where food is churned with digestive juices and acids.

Question 19

Small intestine

Answer 19

Organs where small digested molecules are absorbed into the bloodstream.

Question 20

Large intestine

Answer 20

Organ where water passes back into the body, leaving a solid waste of undigested food called feces.

Question 21

Rectum

Answer 21

Feces are stored here, before being passed out of the body.

Question 22

Anus

Answer 22

Muscular ring through which feces pass out of the body.

Question 23

Villi

Answer 23

Tiny projections in the small intestine wall that increase the area for absorption.

Question 24

Enzyme

Answer 24

Special protein that can break large molecules into small molecules.

Question 25

Catalyst

Answer 25

Substance that speeds up a reaction without being used up.

Question 26

Carbohydrase

Answer 26

Enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates into sugar molecules.

Question 27

Protease

Answer 27

Enzyme that breaks down proteins into amino acids.

Question 28

Lipase

Answer 28

Enzyme that breaks down lipids into fatty acids and glycerol.

Question 29

Bile

Answer 29

Substance that breaks fat into small droplets.

Question 30

Drug

Answer 30

Chemical substance that affects the way your body works.

Question 31

Medicinal Drug

Answer 31

Drug that has a medical benefit to your health.

Question 32

Recreational Drug

Answer 32

Drug that is taken for enjoyment.

Question 33

Addiction

Answer 33

A need to keep taking a drug in order to feel normal.

Question 34

Withdrawal Symptom

Answer 34

Unpleasant symptom a person with a drug addiction suffers from when they stop taking the drug.

Question 35

Ethanol

Answer 35

The drug found in alcoholic drinks.

Question 36

Depressant

Answer 36

A drug that slows down the body’s reaction by slowing down the nervous system.

Question 37

Alcoholic

Answer 37

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

Question 38

Unit of Alcohol

Answer 38

10ml of pure alcohol.

Question 39

Passive Smoking

Answer 39

Breathing in other people’s smoke.

Question 40

Stimulamt

Answer 40

A drug that speeds up the body’s reaction by speeding up the nervous system.