Digestion

Question 1

Ingestion

Answer 1

Food is taken into the body

Question 2

Digestion

Answer 2

Food is broken down

Question 3

Absorption

Answer 3

Digested food passes into the bloodstream

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Using the food in the cells of the body

Question 5

Elimination

Answer 5

Getting rid of undigested food

Question 6

Enzymes

Answer 6

Enzymes are chemicals that speed up reactions without being used up in the reaction.
Enzymes act on substrate and breaks it down into a product.
E.x. Substrate =starch, enzymes = amylase (saliva), product = maltose (sugar).

Question 7

Bile

Answer 7

Made in liver to break down fats m

Question 8

Pancreas

Answer 8

Makes digestive juices which contain enzymes.

Question 9

Chemical Digestion

Answer 9

Most chemical digestion happens in small intestine.

Question 10

Physical Digestion

Answer 10

Physical Digestion happens in the mouth with teeth and stomach (churning)

Question 11

Mouth

Answer 11

Physical and chemical digestion

Question 12

Oesophagus

Answer 12

Brings food from mouth to stomach

Question 13

Liver

Answer 13

Makes bile

Question 14

Stomach

Answer 14

Physical and chemical digestion

Question 15

Pancreas

Answer 15

Makes digestive juices

Question 16

Small intestine

Answer 16

Most chemical digestion

Question 17

Large intestine

Answer 17

Water reabsorption

Question 18

Rectum

Answer 18

Stores undigested food

Question 19

Anus

Answer 19

Undigested food passes out

Question 20

Gall bladder

Answer 20

Storage of bile

Question 21

Incisor

Answer 21

Biting and cutting
4 upper and 4 lower
At the front of the mouth

Question 22

Canine

Answer 22

2 upper and 2 lower
Grasping and tearing
One at either side of the incisors

Question 23

Premolar

Answer 23

6 upper and 6 lower
Grinding and crushing
3 at either side of the canine

Question 24

Molar

Answer 24

4 upper and 4 lower
Grinding and Crushing
2 at either side of the premolars

Question 25

Herbivore

Answer 25

Only eats plants
Very large incisors
Large molars and premolars to chew grass

Question 26

Carnivore

Answer 26

Only eats meat
Large canine teeth
Use the teeth to catch and tear their prey

Question 27

Omnivores

Answer 27

Eats plants and meat
Need all of the different teeth