2.3 - Energy & Waste Flashcards

1
Q

When you put food, such as bread, into your mouth:

A

Ingestion

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2
Q

The amount of energy in food is measured in Calories:

A

Calorie

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3
Q

The amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C:

A

Calorie

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4
Q

Releases the energy from the processed food:

A

Your digestive system

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5
Q

The parts of food used by the body to grow and survive:

A

Nutrients

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6
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5 examples of Nutrients:

A

Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals

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7
Q

The mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into small particles and molecules that your body can absorb and use:

A

Digestion

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8
Q

The 4 steps of digestion:

A

Ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination

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9
Q

When you chew, mash, and grind food with your teeth and tongue:

A

Mechanical Digestion

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10
Q

Break down pieces of food into small molecules:

A

Chemical Digestion

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11
Q

An enzyme, in your mouth, that helps break down carbohydrates:

A

Saliva

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12
Q

A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach:

A

Esophagus

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13
Q

Food moves through the esophagus and the rest of the digestive tract by waves of muscle contractions:

A

Peristalsis

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14
Q

A large, hollow organ that stores food:

A

Stomach

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15
Q

An adult stomach can hold about __________ of food and liquid

A

2 liters

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16
Q

Enable the stomach to expand and hold large amounts of food:

A

The folds on the inner walls

17
Q

The cells in these folds produce chemicals that help break down….?

A

Proteins

18
Q

This stomach fluid makes the stomach acidic:

A

Gastric Juice

19
Q

An enzyme that helps break down the proteins in foods into amino acids:

A

Pepsin

20
Q

A long tube that is connected to the stomach. It is about 7 m (23 ft) long:

A

Small intestine

21
Q

Fingerlike projections that cover the folds of the small intestine:

A

Villi

22
Q

Nutrients enter the blood through blood vessels in this digestive organ:

A

Small intestine

23
Q

Also known as the colon

A

Large intestine

24
Q

Is about 1.5 m (5 ft) long. It has a larger diameter (about 5 cm or 2 in) than the small intestine:

A

Large intestine

25
Q

Where water is absorbed, leaving behind semisolid waste:

A

Large intestine

26
Q

The last section of the large intestine (about 8 in long):

A

Rectum

27
Q

The final opening or “exit door” of the digestive system:

A

Anus

28
Q

The semisolid waste that is ready to leave the digestive system:

A

Feces

29
Q

Removes liquid waste from the body:

A

Urinary system

30
Q

Bean-shaped organs that filter, or remove, waste from blood:

A

Kidneys

31
Q

Ureters from the kidneys deliver liquid waste to this organ that is like a water balloon:

A

Bladder

32
Q

Liquid waste leaves the body from this small tube that is connected to the bladder:

A

Urethra