Digestion

Question 1

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

Answer 1

is the amount of energy your body uses at rest to keep vital functions going, like breathing, heartbeat, and maintaining body temperature.

Question 2

Passive Transport:

Answer 2

Moves substances from high to low concentration without using energy (e.g., diffusion, osmosis).

Question 3

Active Transport:

Answer 3

Moves substances from low to high concentration using energy

Question 4

Nutrient

Answer 4

a substance that organisms need to survive, grow, and stay healthy

provide energy or help build and repair tissues in the body

Question 5

Metabolic Rate

Answer 5

the speed at which your body uses energy to keep you alive and active

Question 6

Hormone

Answer 6

chemical messenger made by glands in the body that travels through the blood to control

regulate body processes :
growth
mood
metabolism.

Question 7

lacteal

Answer 7

tiny vessel inside the small intestine that absorbs fats from digested food and helps transport them into the bloodstream.

Question 8

Concentration gradient

Answer 8

difference in the amount of a substance between two areas,

causes the substance to move from where there is more to where there is less.

Question 9

Microvillus

Answer 9

tiny finger-like projection on the surface of some cells in the small intestine that increase surface area