Digestion Flashcards

(37 cards)

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
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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
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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
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Too little food can cause

A

Anorexia

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13
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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
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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

23
Q

Vitamin D

A

Strong bones and teeth

24
Q

In D

A

Fish milk butter

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Iron
Healthy red blood cells
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In iron
Meat broccoli
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Calcium
Strong teeth and bones
28
In calcium
Green veg and milk
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Mechanically is
Chewing
30
Chemically is
Enzymes
31
What is absorption?
When small soluble molecules go through the walls of the small intestine and into egestion (when faeces are pushed out the anus)
32
Fun fact
About 60% of your faeces is dead bacteria
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Mouth's job
Chews food and contains enzymes
34
Ophaguss job
Long tube transporting food to the stomach
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Stomachs job
Churns up the food Acid is 1 to 2 pH!
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Small intestines job
Contains about 1kg of bacteria
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Large intestines job
Where water is removed to form a solid material called faeces