Digestion Flashcards
Carbs give you
Energy
Fats do what?
Stop heat escaping your body
Proteins do what?
Help repair and grow muscels
Minerals and vitamins…
Keep you healthy
Fiber does what?
Keeps our intestines clean and healthy
Water does what
Dissolves things so it can they carried around
What is the test for fat?
Sample + 95% ethanol into water = cloudy emmision and positive result
What’s the test for starch?
Iodine goes blue purple black
What’s the test for glucose?
Benedict solution + sample in beaker around hot water turns positive orange
What’s the test for protein?
Copper sulphate + sodium hydroxide turns positive lilac.
Too much fat can cause
Heart disease
Too little food can cause
Anorexia
Lack of protein can cause
Kwashiorkor
Carbase eat starch molecule
Glucose molecules
Protease eat proteins
Amino acid molecules