Food

Question 1

Protein

Answer 1

Breakdown of amino acids which are used to form enzymes and proteins - for growth and repair

Question 2

Lipids

Answer 2

Insulation, long term energy store

Question 3

Vitamins A

Answer 3

Help cells grow, keeps skin healthy, helps eyes

Question 4

Vitamin C

Answer 4

Healthy skin, protects cells, absorption of iron

Question 5

Vitamin D

Answer 5

Helps absorb calcium, for strong bones and teeth

Question 6

Calcium

Answer 6

Needed for strong teeth and bones, involved in blood clotting

Question 7

Iron

Answer 7

Needed to make haemaglobin in red blood cells

Question 8

Water

Answer 8

2/3 of the body, in cytoplasm of all cells, lost in respiration so must be replaced

Question 9

Dietary fibre

Answer 9

Keeps bowels functioning, reducing the risk of bowl cancer, adds bulk to food so can be easily digestive system

Question 10

Function of mouth

Answer 10

Where food enters the alimentary canal, mechanical digestion happens, bolus is created, amylase begins breaking down the food

Question 11

Function of oesophagus

Answer 11

Moves bolus from mouth to stomach

Question 12

How does from food move through the alimentary canal

Answer 12

Peristalsis

Question 13

What is peristalsis

Answer 13

Wavelike contractions of muscles moving the bolus through the gut

Question 14

Function of the stomach

Answer 14

Where food is mechanically digested and enzymes break it down on chemically

Question 15

What is the name for the liquid food in the stomach

Answer 15

Chyme

Question 16

Function of the pancreas

Answer 16

Produces amylase, proteases, lipase, insulin

Question 17

Function of the small intestine

Answer 17

Digested food diffuses into the blood stream by the villi

Question 18

Function of the large intestine

Answer 18

Where water is reabsorbed, faeces are then produced

Question 19

What does amylase do

Answer 19

Turns starch to maltose

Question 20

What does protease do

Answer 20

Turn protein to amino acids

Question 21

What does lipase do

Answer 21

Turn lipids to fatty acids and glycerol

Question 22

Carbohydrates

Answer 22

Releases energy in our cells allowing all life processes to take place

Question 23

Where is bile stored

Answer 23

Gall bladder

Question 24

Where is bile produced

Answer 24

Liver

Question 25

What does bile do

Answer 25

Emulsifiers far, and provides alkaline conditions for the enzymes in the small intestine to work