Supplying Energy Quiz

What is the function of the large intestine?

• reabsorbs water and contains villi for final nutrient absorption

• produces and carries out peristalsis

• reabsorbs water and compacts wastes in readiness for elimination

• produces bile and filters blood

How do the nutrients from food get to the body's cells?

• The nutrients are distributed by the digestive system to the parts of the body that need them.

• The nutrients are absorbed directly into the cells that need them.

• The circulatory system brings nutrients to the digestive system to be processed for the cells.

• The nutrients are picked up and transported around the body by blood from the circulatory system.

The process in which your body breaks down food into nutrient molecules is...

• absorption

• digestion

• respiration

• differentiation

_______are the substances in food that provide the raw materials your body’s cells need to carry out all their essential processes.

• Fibers

• Enzymes

• Atoms

• Nutrients

Carbohydrates are...

• help with chemical reactions, water-soluble or fat-soluble

• used for energy, measured in calories

• used for long term energy, saturated or unsaturated

• used for growth and body repair, made of amino acids

Proteins are...

• help with chemical reactions, water-soluble or fat-soluble

• used for energy, measured in calories

• used for long term energy, saturated or unsaturated

• used for growth and body repair, made of amino acids

Fats are...

• help with chemical reactions, water-soluble or fat-soluble

• used for energy, measured in calories

• used for long term energy, saturated or unsaturated

• used for growth and body repair, made of amino acids

Vitamins are...

• help with chemical reactions, water-soluble or fat-soluble

• used for energy, measured in calories

• used for long term energy, saturated or unsaturated

• used for growth and body repair, made of amino acids