Digestive System Test

Your doctor told you that you need to increase your starch intake. Which group of four foods may have been on your doctor’s list?

• A. Bread, cereal, potatoes, and rice
• B. Corn syrup, rice, meat, cereal
• C. Pork, cheese, cereal, and bread
• D. Pasta, beef, cereal, and rice

What process enables you to swallow your food even if you are standing on your head?

• A. Absorption
• B. Diffusion
• C. Peristalsis
• D. Assimilation

Which of the following should occur in the test tube labeled “Sugar Solution” in Figure 1?

• A. Water will pass from the test tube into the membrane.
• B. Sugar will pass from the membrane into the water in the test tube.
• C. Water will pass from the membrane into the test tube.
• D. All of the above.

Which of the following should occur in the test tube labeled “Starch Solution” in Figure 1?

• A. Starch will pass from the membrane into the test tube.
• B. Starch will remain within the membrane.
• C. Starch will pass from the test tube into the membrane.
• D. All of the above.

Which of these substances is an enzyme that digests protein in the stomach?

• A. Hydrochloric acid
• B. Mucus
• C. Amylase
• D. Pepsin

In which of the following mixtures would digestion most likely occur?

• A. Amylase, glucose, and water
• B. Amylase, starch, and water
• C. Amylase, protein, and water
• D. Amylase, fat, and water

Diffusion is often called passive transport because—

• A. Energy from the cell is needed for it to occur.
• B. It takes place only in water.
• C. It takes place only without water.
• D. Energy from the cell is not needed for it to occur.

Figure 2 best illustrates—

• A. Why starch needs to be digested.
• B. Why cells need energy.
• C. Why sugar is bad for your cells.
• D. None of the above.

Look at the tray section marked #9...

• A. Correct
• B. Incorrect

Look at the tray section marked #10...

• A. Correct
• B. Incorrect