metabolism

Question 1

What is metabolism?

Answer 1

Chemical reactions in the body’s cells that change food molecules to energy

Question 2

How does metabolism work?

Answer 2

Digestive system: breaks down molecules you eat, breaks down large molecules into small molecules such as amino acids and glucose

The smaller molecules can then be used in chemical reactions such as cellular respiration.

Question 3

What are the building blocks of protein and fiber?

Answer 3

Amino Acids

Question 4

What are the building blocks of carbohydrates?

Answer 4

Glucose

Question 5

What are molecules?

Answer 5

2 or more elements put together

Question 6

Give me an example of molecules?

Answer 6

Oxygen, glucose, and amino acids

Question 7

What are macro-molecules?

Answer 7

A large complex molecule that is formed by small molecules coming together.

Question 8

Give me examples of macromolecules

Answer 8

protein, fats

Question 9

What process goes on in the mitochondria?

Answer 9

Cellular Respiration

Question 10

What is Cellular Respiration?

Answer 10

How cells turn food into energy. They use oxygen to break down glucose releasing energy.

Question 11

What is mechanical digestion?

Answer 11

Physical breakdown of food using muscle movement.

Question 12

Give me examples of mechanical digestion

Answer 12

Teeth ripping and tearing food, The esophagus and small intestine use Peristalsis, stomach churning.

Question 13

What is chemical digestion?

Answer 13

Chemical breakdown of food using enzymes or acid.

Question 14

what is the formula for hydrogen?

Answer 14

h2

Question 15

what organ absorbs water?

Answer 15

small intestine

Question 16

what type of digestion happens in the mouth?

Answer 16

Chemical, and Mechanical

Question 17

what is the esophagus?

Answer 17

a muscular tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach

Question 18

peristalsis?

Answer 18

muscle contraction which pushes food through a tube called the esophagus

Question 19

what are enzymes?

Answer 19

proteins that are made by the body and break down specific types of food.

Question 20

what is stomach acid?

Answer 20

liquid in the stomach that contains acid, and enzymes to break down food into a liquid called chyme

Question 21

what is the longest section of your digestive tract called?

Answer 21

small intestine

Question 22

what happens in the small intestine?

Answer 22

most digestion takes place and nutrients from the broken down food get absorbed into your bloodstream

Question 23

what are villi?

Answer 23

tiny finger like projections in the small intestine, that increase surface area allowing more nutrients to be able to be absorbed into the bloodstream. villi are where all nutrients get removed from the food and sent to body cells

Question 24

what are the accessory organs?

Answer 24

the salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas

Question 25

what do the accessory organs do?

Answer 25

they are not part of the digestive tract but they have a role in digestive activites.

Question 26

tell me about the large intestine (colon)

Answer 26

water is absorbed from the remaining food. it is a large tube that escorts waste from the body through the rectum.

Question 27

cells can only use molecules that are?

Answer 27

small enough to enter the cell's membrane

Question 28

give me an example of mechanical and chemical digestion for the mouth

Answer 28

mechanical: chewing chemical: saliva

Question 29

give me an example of mechanical and chemical digestion for the esophagus

Answer 29

mechanical: muscle movement chemical: n/a

Question 30

give me an example of mechanical and chemical digestion for the stomach

Answer 30

mechanical: walls of stomach have muscles chemical: stomach acid

Question 31

give me an example of mechanical and chemical digestion for the small intestine

Answer 31

mechanical: peristalsis chemical: acids and liquid

Question 32

give me an example of mechanical and chemical digestion for the large intestine

Answer 32

mechanical: poop being pushed out by muscles chemical: n/a