Getting Nutrients with Digestion

Which nutrient helps cool the body down and remove liquid waste?

• Water
• Fats
• Vitamins
• Carbohydrates

Breaking food down with the use of enzymes is known as:

• Chemical Digestion
• Physical Digestion

Chewing food is an example of _____________.

• chemical digestion
• mechanical digestion

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The acid in your stomach used for digestion.

• sodium bicarbonate
• insulin
• hydrochloric
• amylase

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An example of chemical digestion is chewing food into smaller pieces?

• True

• False

Villi in the small intestine

• push food along

• increase the surface area

• pull waste out

• help break food down

Carbohydrates are broken down by:

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Enzymes

• Catalysts

Amylase breaks down

• Carbohydrates

• Lipds

• Proteins

• Fiber

Proteins are broken down by

• Amalyse

• Protease

• Maltase

• Lipase

Lipase catalyses the decomposition (breakdown) of

• Fat

• Lipids

• Oils

• Starch