Food

Question 1

What is the gut

Answer 1

The organs that form the tube running from the mouth to the anus

Question 2

Ingestion

Answer 2

Taking substances into the body

Question 3

Insoluble

Answer 3

A substance that cannot be dissolved in a certain liquid

Question 4

Large intestine

Answer 4

An organ in which water is removed from undigested food

Question 5

Liver

Answer 5

An organ used to make and destroy substances in your body

Question 6

Microorganism

Answer 6

An organism to small to be seen with the naked eye

Question 7

Oesophagus

Answer 7

The muscular tube that leads from the mouth to the stomach

Question 8

Rectum

Answer 8

An organ that stores faeces before they are egested

Question 9

Saliva

Answer 9

A digestive juice

Question 10

Salivary gland

Answer 10

Found in the mouth, it makes saliva

Question 11

Small intestine

Answer 11

An organ in which most digestion happens

Question 12

Soluble

Answer 12

Describes a substance that can dissolve in a certain liquid

Question 13

Stomach

Answer 13

An organ containing strong acid that mixes food up and digests proteins

Question 14

Surface area

Answer 14

The total area of all the surfaces of a three-dimensional object

Question 15

Absorb

Answer 15

To take in

Question 16

Diffusion

Answer 16

When particles spread and mix with each other without moving them

Question 17

Micro villus

Answer 17

A fold on the surface of a villus cell

Question 18

Model

Answer 18

A way of showing or representing something that helps you think about it or find out about it

Question 19

Plasma

Answer 19

The liquid part of the blood

Question 20

Villus

Answer 20

A small finger like part of the small intestine

Question 21

Anaemia

Answer 21

A deficiency disease caused by a lack of iron

Question 22

Balanced diet

Answer 22

Eating a wide variety of foods to provide all the things the body needs

Question 23

Deficiency disease

Answer 23

A disease caused by a lack of nutrients

Question 24

Heart disease

Answer 24

A disease caused by narrowing of the arteries carrying blood to the muscles of the heart so the heart muscle do not receive enough oxygen

Question 25

Kwashiorkor

Answer 25

A deficiency caused by a lack of protein

Question 26

Malnutrition

Answer 26

A problem caused by having too much or too little of a nutrient in the diet

Question 27

Night blindness

Answer 27

A deficiency disease caused by a lack of vitamin A

Question 28

Obesity

Answer 28

Being very overweight

Question 29

Reference intake

Answer 29

the amount of a nutrient that people are advised to eat in a day

Question 30

Rickets

Answer 30

A deficiency disease caused by a lack of calcium

Question 31

Scurvy

Answer 31

A deficiency disease caused by a lack of vitamin C

Question 32

Starvation

Answer 32

A form of malnutrition in which people lack many nutrients

Question 33

Anus

Answer 33

The opening at the ends of the gut

Question 34

Bacterium

Answer 34

A type of prokaryote microorganism

Question 35

Catalyst

Answer 35

A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, without itself being used up

Question 36

Digestion

Answer 36

A process that breaks food into soluble substances in our bodies

Question 37

Digestive juice

Answer 37

A liquid containing enzymes that break down food

Question 38

Digestive system

Answer 38

An organ system that breaks down food

Question 39

Egestion

Answer 39

When faeces are pushed out of the anus

Question 40

Elimination

Answer 40

An other term for egestion

Question 41

Enzyme

Answer 41

A substance that can speed up some processes in living things

Question 42

Faeces

Answer 42

Waste food material produced by the intestines

Question 43

Food pipe

Answer 43

A non-scientific term for oesophagus

Question 44

Gullet

Answer 44

Another term for oesophagus

Question 45

Claim

Answer 45

A statement that is supposed to be true

Question 46

Carbohydrate

Answer 46

A nutrient that is used as the main source of energy

Question 47

Constipation

Answer 47

When the intestine gets blocked

Question 48

Diet

Answer 48

The food that you eat

Question 49

Fat

Answer 49

A nutrient that is stored to be used for energy in yo the future

Question 50

Fibre

Answer 50

A substance found in food that is not used up by the body

Question 51

Lipid

Answer 51

Fats and oils are part of a large group of similar substances called lipids

Question 52

Mineral(biology)

Answer 52

An element that is a nutrient needed in small quantities for health

Question 53

Mineral(chemistry)

Answer 53

A naturally occurring element or compound that can form distinct grains in rocks

Question 54

Mineral salt(biology)

Answer 54

A compound containing an important element that is needed in small quantities for health

Question 55

Nutrient

Answer 55

A substance needed in the diet to provide raw materials for making new substances and for energy release

Question 56

Nutrition

Answer 56

The substances that help organisms respire and grow

Question 57

Oil(biology)

Answer 57

A liquid fat

Question 58

Protein

Answer 58

A nutrient used for growth and repair

Question 59

Raw material

Answer 59

A substance used to make other substances

Question 60

Starch

Answer 60

A type of insoluble carbohydrate found in plants

Question 61

Sugar

Answer 61

A type of soluble carbohydrate

Question 62

Vitamin

Answer 62

A nutrient needed in small quantities for health

Question 63

Fuel

Answer 63

A substance that contains a store of chemical or nuclear energy that can easily be transferred

Question 64

Kilojoule

Answer 64

A unit used to measure energy

Question 65

Respiration

Answer 65

A process in which energy is released from substances so it can be used by an organism

Question 66

Transfer

Answer 66

When energy moves from one place to another