Digestion Flashcards

1
Q

Carbs give you

A

Energy

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2
Q

Fats do what?

A

Stop heat escaping your body

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3
Q

Proteins do what?

A

Help repair and grow muscels

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4
Q

Minerals and vitamins…

A

Keep you healthy

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5
Q

Fiber does what?

A

Keeps our intestines clean and healthy

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6
Q

Water does what

A

Dissolves things so it can they carried around

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7
Q

What is the test for fat?

A

Sample + 95% ethanol into water = cloudy emmision and positive result

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8
Q

What’s the test for starch?

A

Iodine goes blue purple black

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9
Q

What’s the test for glucose?

A

Benedict solution + sample in beaker around hot water turns positive orange

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10
Q

What’s the test for protein?

A

Copper sulphate + sodium hydroxide turns positive lilac.

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11
Q

Too much fat can cause

A

Heart disease

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12
Q

Too little food can cause

A

Anorexia

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13
Q

Lack of protein can cause

A

Kwashiorkor

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14
Q

Carbase eat starch molecule

A

Glucose molecules

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15
Q

Protease eat proteins

A

Amino acid molecules

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16
Q

Lipase eat fat molecule

A

Fatty acid and glycerol molecules

17
Q

Vitamin A

A

Good eyesight and healthy skin

18
Q

In A

A

Carrots milk butter

19
Q

Vitamin B

A

Healthy nerves and growth

20
Q

In B

A

Cereal beans egg yolk

21
Q

Vitamin C

A

Tissue repair and disease resistance

22
Q

In C

A

Orange lemon

23
Q

Vitamin D

A

Strong bones and teeth

24
Q

In D

A

Fish milk butter

25
Q

Iron

A

Healthy red blood cells

26
Q

In iron

A

Meat broccoli

27
Q

Calcium

A

Strong teeth and bones

28
Q

In calcium

A

Green veg and milk

29
Q

Mechanically is

A

Chewing

30
Q

Chemically is

A

Enzymes

31
Q

What is absorption?

A

When small soluble molecules go through the walls of the small intestine and into egestion (when faeces are pushed out the anus)

32
Q

Fun fact

A

About 60% of your faeces is dead bacteria

33
Q

Mouth’s job

A

Chews food and contains enzymes

34
Q

Ophaguss job

A

Long tube transporting food to the stomach

35
Q

Stomachs job

A

Churns up the food
Acid is 1 to 2 pH!

36
Q

Small intestines job

A

Contains about 1kg of bacteria

37
Q

Large intestines job

A

Where water is removed to form a solid material called faeces