MID TERM TEST SECOND TERM BIOLOGY YEAR 10

the act of eating food or drinking; the first stage of food processing 

• nutrition 
• ingestion 
• digestion 
• absorption 

Enzymes break down food nutrients.

• Physical

• Chemical

The walls of your stomach contract to turn the food from a solid to a thick liquid.

• Physical

• Chemical

Peristalsis: a series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations in the digestive tract.

• Physical

• Chemical

Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?

• Small Intestine
• Stomach
• Large Intestine
• Gallbladder

mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into molecules small enough for absorption; the second stage of food processing 

• nutrition 
• ingestion 
• digestion 
• absorption 

what is/are adaptation (s) of the root hair for its function ?

• it has large surface area to absorb more water

• large vacuole to store a lot of water

• has many mitochondria for active transport of minerals

• it is a place to store the food

Xylem is ...............tissue and phloem is ...............tissue.

• dead, live

• live, dead

• live , live

• dead , dead

which of these is seen in the xylem ?

• end plate

• sieve tube element

• lignin

• nucleus

What is the name of the part of the root that allows water and minerals enter?

• root hairs

• epidermis

• phloem

• xylem