Year 9 AP2 Information

Question 1

Purpose of a mouth

Answer 1

Chews food

Question 2

Role of a pancreas

Answer 2

Makes enzymes, amylase, lipase and protease

Question 3

Salivary glands purpose

Answer 3

Makes saliva containing the enzyme amylase

Question 4

Liver purpose

Answer 4

Makes bile

Question 5

What is bile?

Answer 5

Bile is an alkaline to neutralise hydrochloric acid from the stomach

Question 6

Small intestine purpose

Answer 6

Where digested food is absorbed into the blood

Question 7

Large intestine purpose

Answer 7

Where water and minerals are absorbed into the blood

Question 8

Oesophagus purpose

Answer 8

Carries food to the stomach

Question 9

Stomach purpose

Answer 9

Churns food

Question 10

Rectum purpose

Answer 10

Stores faeces

Question 11

Anus purpose

Answer 11

Expels faeces

Question 12

What is the biggest vein?

Answer 12

Artery

Question 13

What is the smallest vein?

Answer 13

Capillary

Question 14

Defenition of transpiration

Answer 14

The movement of water from the roots to the leaves through the xylem and then the loss of water by evaporation

Question 15

What can transpiration be measured by?

Answer 15

A potometer

Question 16

What does a potometer do?

Answer 16

The distance the bubble moves shows how much water has been drawn into the leaves