Digestion Quiz

Which senses are involved in digestion?

• Taste and smell

• Sight and touch

• Hearing and taste

• Smell and touch

Saliva is mixed together with which enzyme?

• Lipase

• Protease

• Amylase

• Pepsin

What does the enzyme amylase break down large starch molecules into?

• Proteins

• Fats

• Sugars

• Vitamins

What is the name of the movement of food along our digestive tract?

• Peristalsis

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

• Filtration

Which solution is used to test for the presence of starch in foods?

• Benedict's reagent

• Iodine solution

• Hydrochloric acid

• Sodium hydroxide

What color does iodine solution change to in the presence of starch?

• Blue/black

• Red

• Orangey brown

• Green

Which solution is used to test for the presence of sugar in foods?

• Benedict's reagent

• Iodine solution

• Hydrochloric acid

• Sodium hydroxide

Match the following

• long and narrow. Digests & absorbs food

• Large intestine

• wider & shorter than the small intestine

• Stomach

• produces bile to digest fat

• Liver

• mixes food with acid & gastric juice

• Small intestine

What does the Oesophagus do?

• produces bile

• moves food from mouth to stomach

• stores faeces

• stores water and makes faeces

Find the Pancreas