LG 2.1 Trends and Various Strategies Used by Organisms to Process Food

Question 1

There are 4 main stages of food processing namely:

Answer 1

Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Elimination

Question 2

It is the act of eating

Answer 2

Ingestion

Question 3

This phase comes after ingestion

Answer 3

Digestion

Question 4

There are 2 types of digestion called:

Answer 4

Mechanical and Chemical Digestion

Question 5

It is the physical process of breaking or tearing down food.

Answer 5

Mechanical Digestion

Question 6

It is the chemical process of tearing down food into small particles.

Answer 6

Chemical Digestion

Question 7

It occurs when digestion is finished; food molecules are broken down and are now absorbed by cells.

Answer 7

Absorption

Question 8

Waste products of digestion are removed from the body.

Answer 8

Elimination

Question 9

It is the simplest digestive compartment; Contains food matter to be digested.

Answer 9

Food Vacuoles

Question 10

When cell takes solid food, it is called ___.

Answer 10

Phagocytosis

Question 11

It is when a cell takes liquid.

Answer 11

Pinocytosis

Question 12

It fuses w/ food vacuole, to start digesting food particles.

Answer 12

Lysosome

Question 13

It is the breaking down of food inside food vacuoles

Answer 13

Intracellular Digestion

Question 14

The process of breaking down food compartments.

Answer 14

Extracellular Digestion

Question 15

It is a digestive compartment where food enters and waste exits.

Answer 15

Gastrovascular Activity

Question 16

The ___ has two openings: mouth and anus.

Answer 16

Alimentary Canal

Question 17

These type of animals obtain nutrition from decaying roots and other animals consuming soil.

Answer 17

Earthworms

Question 18

This type of animal feeds on multiple plant sources; some eat animal tissue and feces.

Answer 18

Grasshoppers

Question 19

These are used by grasshoppers for chewing and biting food

Answer 19

Mandibles

Question 20

These are used by grasshoppers where they are used for manipulating and swallowing food.

Answer 20

Maxillae

Question 21

The alimentary canal of a grasshopper contains 3 regions namely:

Answer 21

Hindgut, Foregut, and Midgut (not in order)

Question 22

They have different beak sizes and shapes depending on the food they eat.

Answer 22

Birds

Question 23

Birds take in food through their ____, passing through the ___, ___ and into the ___.

Answer 23

Beaks, Esophagus, Crop, and Stomach respectively

Question 24

The stomach of a bird contains 2 chambers namely:

Answer 24

Proventriculus, Gizzard

Question 25

The ___ digestive and excretory system.

Answer 25

Cloaca

Question 26

These are hoofed mammals that have a unique digestive system.

Answer 26

Ruminants

Question 27

Ruminants are

a. ) Carnivores
b. ) Herbivores
c. ) Omnivores
d. ) None of the Above

Answer 27

Herbivores

Question 28

Ruminants have a ___, ___, ___, ___ and ___.

Answer 28

mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine respectively

Question 29

It is the first chamber of a ruminant’s stomach; The functions include: storage for the cud until regurgitated and swallowed.

Answer 29

Rumen

Question 30

It is also known as honeycomb; It has microbes that digest food; Main function is to collect smaller particles and move by muscle contraction.

Answer 30

Reticulum

Question 31

It is a spherical shaped part of the stomach connected to the reticulum; it is called “many plies” because of many tissue folds.

Answer 31

Omasum

Question 32

It is also known as “True Stomach”; It secretes hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes.

Answer 32

Abomasum

Question 33

They are not true ruminants.

Answer 33

Pseudoruminants

Question 34

Pseudoruminants have 3 chambered stomachs namely:

Answer 34

Omasum, Abomasum, and Reticulum

Question 35

Pseudoruminants have ___ that acts as rumen.

Answer 35

Cecum

Question 36

Earthworms have ___ - internal fold of the intestines that increases the surface area.

Answer 36

Typhlosole