Food and Digestion

Question 1

What is the second stage of digestion?

Answer 1

Digestive food is absorbed into the bloodstream in the small intestine

Question 2

What is the third stage of food digestion?

Answer 2

Excess water is absorbed back into the body in the large intestine

Question 3

What is the forth stage of digestion?

Answer 3

Any undigested food passes out of the ants as faeces when we go to the toilet

Question 4

What are enzymes?

Answer 4

A substance produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst to bring a specific biochemical reaction

Question 5

Are enzymes important in digestion?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

What is the reaction catalysed of the enzyme amylase?

Answer 6

starch -> sugars

Question 7

What acid does the stomach produce?

Answer 7

Hydrochloric acid

Question 8

What does the enzyme lipase do?

Answer 8

Breaks down fats

Question 9

What does the enzyme protease do?

Answer 9

Breaks down proteins

Question 10

What does the enzyme carbohydrase do?

Answer 10

Breaks down carbohydrates

Question 11

What is the first stage of digestion?

Answer 11

Food digestion in the mouth, stomach and small intestine