Gr7 Nutrition in Animals - Post Cap

The enzyme that breaks starch into simple sugars in the mouth.

• Amylase

• Lipase

• Trypsin

• Protease

What are the small finger-like projections in the small intestine called?

• villi

• branches

• tentacles

• cilia

Where does the digestive system start?

• The liver

• The throat

• The stomach

• The mouth

The waves of muscular contractions that move food through the digestive tract is known as _______________.

• digestion

• absorption

• peristalsis

• villi

What does the function of the stomach in the process of digestion?

• It helps to reabsorbs the water after the process of digestion in the oesophagus

• It digests and stores food by secreting gastric juices and by muscular churning.

• •Stomach releases juices which breaks down starch into simple sugars (glucose) and proteins into simpler compounds called amino acids.

• It secrets bile and helps in the process of emulsification.

Which of the following is an accessory organ?

• Stomach
• Small Intesting
• Liver
• Large Intestine

The type of nutrition which involves taking in complex organic matter such as proteins, carbohydrates and fats in known as ____________

• Malnutrition

• Holozoic Nutrition

• Autotrophic Nutrition

• Micronutrition

Largest part of the ruminant digestive system. Solid material is fermented by bacteria here.

• Rumen

• Reticulum

• Omasum

• Abomasum

Which statement about the large intestine is false?

• The solid waste is stored in the rectum in the form of faeces.

• The length of the given organ is 1.5 metres.

• No absorption of food materials takes place in the given organ.

• The indigestible and unabsorbed food goes to the large intestine.

A given digestive system contains a mouth, a salivary gland, a stomach, a duodenum, and a pancreas.

Which of the following foods will digest most completely in this system?

• Egg

• Ice cream

• Butter

• Pasta