Digestion

Question 1

A balanced diet consists of?

Answer 1

Protein 
Lipids(fats)
Carbohydrates(starch and sugar)
Vitamins 
Minerals 
Fibre

Question 2

Protein, lipids and starch molecules are made up of?

What can the molecules not do?

Answer 2

Large food molecules that are too big to pass out of the digestive system into the bloodstream.
The molecules can not be diffused.

Question 3

What are starch molecules digested into?

Answer 3

Glucose molecules

Question 4

What are protein molecules digested into?

Answer 4

Amino acids

Question 5

What are lipid (fat) molecules digested into?

Answer 5

Fatty acids

Glycerol

Question 6

What enzyme speeds up the break down of starch?

Answer 6

Amylase

Question 7

What enzyme speeds up the break down of protein?

Answer 7

Protease

Question 8

What enzyme speeds up the break down of lipids?

Answer 8

Lipase

Question 9

What does the mouth contain?

Answer 9

The salivary glands where amylase is made

Question 10

What does the stomach do?

Answer 10

Produces the enzymes which speed up digestion

Contains hydrochloric acid

Question 11

What does the small intestine do?

Answer 11

Where digestion is completed and the digested food diffuses into the bloodstream.

Question 12

What does the large intestine do?

Answer 12

Where water is absorbed into the bloodstream. This leaves the feases which passes out via the anus.