Y8 Food and digestion

Nutrients that build and repair tissues and cells e.g. meat, milk, eggs.

• Fat
• Minerals
• Vitamins
• Protein

What kinds of foods are in the PROTEIN category?

• Meats, nuts, eggs, tofu

• Apples, mangos, papayas, berries

• Bread, cereal, rice, popcorn

• Milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream

Most nutrients are absorbed in the ________________ .

• mouth

• stomach

• large intestines

• small intestines

Which of these is NOT a function of the digestive system?

• breaks down food

• absorbs nutrients

• eliminates waste

• takes oxygen to body cells

When nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood it is called......

• absorption

• digestion

• peristalsis

• villi

moves food from the mouth to the stomach

• Oesophagus

• small intestine

• large intestine

• pancreas

organ where there is the most absorption of nutrients

• stomach

• small intestine

• large intestine

• liver

the organ which absorbs water

• small intestine

• stomach

• villi

• large intestine

Amylase in saliva changes starch into...

• sugar

• waste

• stomach acid

• chyme

Match the following

• liver

• 
• stomach

• 
• Oesophagus

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