Nutriton

Question 1

Mouth function

Answer 1

Chewing breaks down food and the salivary glands produce saliva which starts to break down the starches into glucose

Question 2

Esophagus

Answer 2

Pushes the food down using peristalsis (contractions to push the food down)

Question 3

Stomach

Answer 3

Muscular bag that churns food and mixes it with acid and enzymes (the enzymes break down protein)

Question 4

Small intestine

Answer 4

Absorbs the nutrients from the food into the bloodstream

Question 5

Large intestine

Answer 5

Removes water from food and turns it into waste

Question 6

Anus

Answer 6

Removes waste from the body

Question 7

Ingestion

Answer 7

Taking food into body

Question 8

Digestion

Answer 8

Breaking down food

Question 9

Absorption

Answer 9

Moving food into cells

Question 10

Assimilation

Answer 10

Making food part of cell

Question 11

Elimination

Answer 11

Removing unused food

Question 12

Protein

Answer 12

For growth and repair

Question 13

Glucose

Answer 13

Energy

Question 14

Fats/lipids

Answer 14

Energy and keeping warm

Question 15

Carbohydrates

Answer 15

Energy-carbs break down into sugars

Question 16

What do you use to test starch

Answer 16

Iodine

Question 17

If starch is present what colour does the food turn

Answer 17

Blue/black

Question 18

What do you use to test for glucose

Answer 18

Benedict’s solution

Question 19

What colour does the food turn if glucose is present

Answer 19

Brick red or browny orange

Question 20

What do you use to test for protein

Answer 20

Biurets solution (sodium hydroxide and copper sulfate)

Question 21

What colour does the food turn if protein is present

Answer 21

Purple

Question 22

What do you use to test for lipids

Answer 22

Ethanol and meths solution

Question 23

What happens if there is lipids present

Answer 23

Milky whit emulsion forms