Mechanical & chemical Digestion

Which type of digestion uses enzymes to produce small soluble molecules?

Name the enzymes that break proteins into amino acids.

Name the enzymes that break lipids into fatty acids and glycerol

Name the enzyme that breaks starch into simple sugars

The movement of digested food molecules from the blood into the body cells where they are used, becoming part of the cells is called

• Absorption

• Metabolism

• Assimilation

• Excretion

Which of these carry out chemical digestion of food molecules?

• Amylose

• Protease

• Lipase

• Bile

• Churning in the stomach

What gland produces amylase?

• Liver

• Gall bladder

• Salivary gland

• stomach

Define the term mechanical digestion

• The breaking down of large food molecules by the use of enzymes.

• The physical break down of food done by the teeth or the muscles in the stomach.

Define the term chemical digestion

• The breaking down of large food molecules by the use of enzymes.

• The physical break down of food done by the teeth or the muscles in the stomach.

What word is used to describe food which has been mixed with saliva.

• Chyme

• Bolus

• Churning

• Mucus