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Human nutrition (P2)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the digestive system?

a)

A system to take out the bad stuff that's in your body

b)

A system where a certain group of organs work together to convert food into energy to feed the body

c)

A system where certain organs in the body digest the food you eat

d)

A system that the organs in the stomach make food for the body to digest.

2.

What does the salivary glands do for the digestive system?

a)

It produce saliva, which keeps the mouth and other parts of the digestive system moist.

b)

It produce moist, which keeps the mouth and other parts of the digestive system saliva.

c)

It produces ptyalin to make saliva for the mouth, so the system can start.

3.

Which is the esophagus?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

4.

What does the pharynx have that functions it to sallow the food?

a)

salivary glands

b)

saliva walls

c)

esophagus

d)

muscular walls

5.
Provides additional enzymes(pancreatic juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the small intestine.
a)
liver
b)
kidneys
c)
gall bladder
d)
pancreas
6.
a)
stomach
b)
pancreas
c)
large intestine
d)
small intestine
7.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
8.
Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
9.
What stores bile?
a)
Colon
b)
Gall Bladder
c)
Small Intestine
10.
What is the definition for digestion?
a)
Breaking down food into smaller nutrients
b)
Getting rid of waste products
c)
Getting food into our bodies
d)
Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, so that our cells can use them
11.
The organ where food doesn't pass through but it does break down fats and detoxify poisons?
a)
liver
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
large intestine
12.
What do the villi do?
a)
Digests food in the mouth.
b)
Digests food in the stomach
c)
Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
d)
Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.
13.

Which is the largest gland in the human body?

a)

Liver

b)

Pancreas

c)

Salivary gland

d)

Large Intestine

14.

What are the functions of the Digestive system?

a)

Food digestion

b)

Provides storage

c)

Removal of undigested materials

d)

Absorption of digested food

15.

Which part of the Digestive system push the food towards the stomach?

a)

Oesophagus

b)

Pharynx

c)

Small Intestine

d)

Mouth Cavity

16.

An organ that stores bile after it is produced by the liver.

a)

Pancreas

b)

Small intestine

c)

Gallbladder

d)

Large intestine

17.

The part of the digestive system in which most chemical digestion takes place.

a)

Large intestine

b)

Stomach

c)

Small intestine

d)

Pancreas

18.

The tiny little structures that line the small intestine are called

a)

Bronchi

b)

Villi

c)

Bile

d)

Enzymes

19.

 Bile is a chemical that helps break down

a)

Proteins

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Glucose

d)

Fats

20.

Examples for Chemical digestion

a)

Absorb nutrients

b)

Secreting pancreatic juice on food

c)

Grinding food by the movement of teeth

d)

All of the above

e)

None

21.

How long is an adult's small intestine?

a)

30 inches

b)

52800 yard

c)

7 meters

d)

22 feet

e)

None

22.

How long is oesophagus?

a)

12 to 15 inches

b)

13 to 16 inches

c)

10 to 13 inches

d)

15 to 17 inches

e)

None

23.

The muscles in your oesophagus act like a giant wave. That is what moves food or drinks down to your stomach. This wave action is called ______________

a)

Appendix

b)

Peristalsis

c)

Enzymes

d)

Muscular tube

e)

None

24.

What acid does the stomach produce?

a)

Nitric acid

b)

Phosphoric acid

c)

Acetic acid

d)

Hydrochloric acid

e)

None

25.

How long is the entire digestive track?

a)

15 feet

b)

20 feet

c)

35 feet

d)

5 feet

e)

30 feet

26.

produces bile to break up fat particles

a)

pancreas

b)

large intestine

c)

liver

27.

produces enzymes for the small intestine that help break down starches, proteins, and fats

a)

pancreas

b)

large intestine

c)

liver

28.

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

a)

breaks down food

b)

absorbs nutrients

c)

eliminates waste

d)

takes oxygen to body cells

29.

The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood.

a)

absorption

b)

digestion

c)

peristalsis

d)

villi

30.

Amylase in saliva changes starch into...

a)

sugar

b)

waste

c)

stomach acid

d)

chyme