Nutrition

What do suspension feeders do?

• consume large quantities of sediment, extract resources from digestible parts and excrete indigestible parts.​

• filters food particles from water​

• consumes other animals​

• feed on bodily fluids of other organisms, such as blood or sap

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True or False: Arteries are thick-walled, muscular. Higher pressure. Take blood from heart to other parts of body.

• True

• False

True or false: Veins are thinner than arteries. One-valves to prevent backflow. Takes blood to heart.

• True

• False

What are proteins involved with?

• Muscle, enzymes, hormones

• • Energy source, fiber (i.e. cellulose)

• Energy storage, insulation, hormones, cell membranes

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What are carbohydrates involved with?

• Muscle, enzymes, hormones

• • Energy source, fiber (i.e. cellulose)

• Energy storage, insulation, hormones, cell membranes

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What are fats involved with?

• Muscle, enzymes, hormones

• • Energy source, fiber (i.e. cellulose)

• Energy storage, insulation, hormones, cell membranes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The small intestine best matches which description:

• • Relatively wide tube used to reabsorb water from food/waste during digestion.

• • Muscular tube for conducting food from oral cavity to stomach.

• • Muscular sac that stores food, secretes enzymes, hydrochloric acid and mucus to breakdown food.

• • Long tube, relatively narrow tube with high surface area due to thousands of finger- like projections called villi. Absorb nutrients from food.

The gallbladder best matches which description:

• • Relatively wide tube used to reabsorb water from food/waste during digestion.

• • Muscular tube for conducting food from oral cavity to stomach.

• • Produces bile for emulsifying fats during digestion.

• • Long tube, relatively narrow tube with high surface area due to thousands of finger- like projections called villi. Absorb nutrients from food.