Health

Question 1

What is digestion ?

Answer 1

Breaking down food particles so that it is small enough to be digested

Question 2

What is absorption ?

Answer 2

Transporting food molecules from the lumen of the gut into the blood

Question 3

What is the alimentary canal ?

Answer 3

The alimentary canal is the long tube that forms your digestive system running from your mouth to the anus

Question 4

What is ingestion ?

Answer 4

Taking food into the alimentary canal

Question 5

What is egestion ?

Answer 5

The removal of food from the body that cannot be digested

Question 6

What is excretion ?

Answer 6

The separation of metabolic waste of the body

Question 7

What is the eosophagus?

Answer 7

Carrie’s food to the stomach through muscular contractions

Question 8

What is the small and large intestine

Answer 8

Large) exes water is absorbed from food
Small) where food is absorbed into your blood

Question 9

What are the two main types of carbohydrates

Answer 9

Complex and simple

Question 10

What are the three different joints

Answer 10

Hinge
Ball and socket
Fused joints

Question 11

An example of a immovable joint is

Answer 11

The cranium (skull)

Question 12

What is the starch testi

Answer 12

It will turn a blue black with iodine

Question 13

What is the sugar test

Answer 13

It will turn yellow with Benedict’s solution

Question 14

What does the pancreas do?

Answer 14

Produce enzymes

Question 15

What kind of joint is the knee joint

Answer 15

Hinge joint

Question 16

Why doesn’t the cranium have the same joint as a knee joint

Answer 16

Because cranium is a immovable joint

Question 17

Why is the shoulder a ball and socket joint

Answer 17

Because ball and sockets allow you to perform a wide range of movements
Which shoulders do like catching stuff

Question 18

Match up each of these
1. To much sugar
2. Too much fat
3. Too much salt
4. Too little protein
5. Too little carbohydrates
-heart disease
-tooth decay
-high blood pressure
- little energy
-poor growth

Answer 18

1. Tooth decay
2. Heart disease
3. High blood pressure
4. Poor growth
5. Little energy

Question 19

Look at this information about fat and fibre . Which fruits have the highest amount of fibre

Answer 19

Apricot and pineapple

Question 20

Why is fibre important in our diet

Answer 20

Fibre is a natural plant material we need it fills us up easily