Food and Digestion

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Food and Digestion
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Q1. What type of food is essential for growth and
repair?
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A1. Protein
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Q2. What type of food provides energy quite
quickly?
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A2. Carbohydrates
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Q3. What type of food provides an energy store
within the body?
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A3. Fat
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Q4. What is an insoluble carbohydrate with big
molecules?
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A4. Starch
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Q5. What are needed in very small amounts to keep
body processes working properly?
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A5. Vitamins
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Q6. What do you call essential elements, like
calcium for healthy bones?
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A6. Minerals
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Q7. What keeps food moving through the digestive
system?
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A7. Fibre
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Q8. Where does food enter the body?
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A8. Mouth
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Q9. What do you call the organ where food is
absorbed into the blood?
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A9. Intestines
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Q10. What is the tube from mouth to stomach
called?
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A10. Gullet
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Q11. Where are faeces (mainly indigestible foods)
stored?
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A11. Rectum
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Q12. Where do faeces leave the body?
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A12. Anus
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Q13. What is the tiny finger shaped projection in
the digestive system that helps absorb food into
the bloodstream called?
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A13. Villus
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Q14. What is the name of the semi-permeable
tubing that only small molecules can get through?
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A14. Visking tubing
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Q15. What is the muscular organ in your body that
churns up food?
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A15. Stomach
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Q16. What are the organic catalysts that speed up
chemical reactions called?
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A16. Enzymes
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Q17. What building blocks are proteins made of?
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A17. Amino acids
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Q18. What is needed to drive all life processes?
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A18. Energy
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Q19. When a diet has a healthy mixture of
different foods it is ... ?
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A19. Balanced
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Q20. What is the technical term for all the foods
that you eat?
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A20. Diet
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