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Human Nutrition Recap

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for organism that can make their own food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Homotroph

c)

Heterotroph

d)

Autobiotic

2.

What is the term for living things that can't make their own food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Homotroph

c)

Heterotroph

d)

Autobiotic

3.

The taking in of food into the body is called...?

a)

Digestion

b)

Inhalation

c)

Ingestion

d)

Egestion

4.

What type of digestion involves teeth?

a)

Physical

b)

Chemical

c)

Automatic

d)

Autotrophic

5.

The taking of digestive nutrients into the bloodstream is called...?

a)

Ingestion

b)

Digestion

c)

Absorption

d)

Assimilation

6.

Which type of tooth is used to cut and slice food?

a)

Incisors

b)

Premolars

c)

Molars

d)

Canines

7.

Which type of tooth is need to rip and tear food?

a)

Incisors

b)

Pre-molars

c)

Molars

d)

Canines

8.

Which are the largest of the teeth?

a)

Incisors

b)

Pre-molars

c)

Molars

d)

Canines

9.

The movement of food down through the foodpipe is called...?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Active transport

c)

Peristalsis

d)

Osmosis

10.

The Duodenum and the ileum are part of what?

a)

Small intestine

b)

Large intestine

c)

Pancreas

d)

Stomach

11.

The muscles of the stomach churn food by peristalsis to convert it to..?

a)

Sodium bicarbonate

b)

Chyme

c)

Feaces

d)

Bile

12.

What process brings digested nutrients into the bloodstream during absorption?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Peristalisis

d)

Active transport

13.

What is pepsinogen?

a)

An enzyme that breaks down lipids

b)

An enzyme that breaks down protein

c)

The inactive form of the enzyme that breaks down protein

d)

A hormone involved in metabolism

14.

What are the gastric juices composed of?

a)

Hydrochloric acid and amylase

b)

Hydrochloric acid, pepsinogen and mucus

c)

Mucus

d)

Water and pepsin