Year 8 - Food, digestion and respiration

Name organ B

• Liver

• Stomach

• Large intestine

• Pancreas

Name organ F

• Oesophagus

• Pancreas

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

Name organ H

• Liver

• Stomach

• Large intestine

• Pancreas

The pancreas...

• Produces digestive enzymes

• Controls blood sugar levels

• Digests foods

The liver...

• Produces some digestive enzymes

• Is where protein is digested

• Grinds food up very small so it can fit through the body better

Select the correct definition for digestion

• Breaking food down into smaller pieces

• Breaking food molecules down into smaller pieces

• Melting food down so you can absorb the energy

Select the reason digestion is necessary

• So we can absorb food into the bloodstream

• So we can absorb energy from food into the bloodstream

• So food molecules are small enough to pass into the bloodstream

Describe what an enzyme does

• An enzyme melts food down into smaller pieces

• An enzyme breaks food molecules down into smaller molecules

• An enzyme breaks food molecules down into smaller pieces

Select the enzyme which digests lipids (fats)

• Protease

• Amylase

• Lipase

Select the product of digestion of lipids

• Fatty acids and glycerols

• Glucose

• Carbohydrates