Science Test 6

Question 1

Define Mechanical digestion

Answer 1

Breaks down food with no chemicals

Question 2

Define Chemical digestion

Answer 2

Breaks down food with chemicals

Question 3

What are the functions of the mouth?

Answer 3

takes in food and breaks it down with both chemical and mechanical digestion.

Question 4

What is the enzyme contained in saliva?

Answer 4

amylase

Question 5

What is the function of amylase?

Answer 5

It breaks starches into sugars

Question 6

What is the function of the esophagus?

Answer 6

Connects your mouth to your stomach.

Question 7

What is the esophagus lined with?

Answer 7

mucus

Question 8

What is the function of the epiglottis?

Answer 8

flap of tissue that covers your wind pipe when you swallow

Question 9

Define peristalsis

Answer 9

muscular contraptions that push your food down your esophagus

Question 10

What is gastric juice made of?

Answer 10

HCL, Pepsin, and Rennin

Question 11

What is the function of HCL

Answer 11

breaks downs minerals and kills bacteria

Question 12

What is the function of Pepsin

Answer 12

breaks downs protein

Question 13

What is the function of Rennin

Answer 13

breaks downs milk protein

Question 14

Define ULCER (NOT ON TEST)

Answer 14

when stomach acids break through the mucus lining protecting the stomach and its painful. Thats the basics. (Answer supplied by Mila no notes just what I remember because this was blank)

Question 15

True or False: your stomach is the largest organ.

Answer 15

FALSE YOUR LIVER IS!!!!

Question 16

What is the function of the liver?

Answer 16

Makes bile

Question 17

What is the function of bile?

Answer 17

breaks down fats and oils, or in other words, lipids

Question 18

What is the function of the gall bladder?

Answer 18

It stores the bile

Question 19

What is the function of the bile duct?

Answer 19

connects liver to the duodenum

Question 20

Where is bile secreted?

Answer 20

duodenum

Question 21

What is the function of the pancreas?

Answer 21

makes pancreatic juice

Question 22

What is the function of pancreatic juice?

Answer 22

neutralizes stomach acids (and it breaks down all carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins)

Question 23

Where is the pancreatic juice is secreted?

Answer 23

duodenum

Question 24

What is the site for the most chemical digestion?

Answer 24

Your Small Intestine

Question 25

What is the function of your small intestine?

Answer 25

Everything is broken down there, and it absorbs all the nutrients

Question 26

What is the name of the first section of the small intestine?

Answer 26

duodenum

Question 27

Why is the duodenum important?

Answer 27

It mixes the food with the pancreatic juice and the bile

Question 28

What are proteins broken down into?

Answer 28

amino acids

Question 29

What are carbohydrates broken down into?

Answer 29

glucose

Question 30

What are fats broken down into?

Answer 30

glycerol and fatty acids

Question 31

Define villi

Answer 31

the bumps lining the wall of your small intestine

Question 32

What is the function of the villi?

Answer 32

Absorbs amino acids, glucose, and fatty acids

Question 33

What is the function of the large intestine?

Answer 33

Collects feces and absorbs water from it

Question 34

Define E. Coli.

Answer 34

E. Coli. is a bacteria that lives in the large intestines

Question 35

What is the function of E. Coli.?

Answer 35

It helps digest food

Question 36

What is the function of the anus?

Answer 36

The anus releases feces

Question 37

What causes diarrhea?

Answer 37

Feces don't stay in large intestine for long enough and so not enough water is absorbed

Question 38

What causes constipation?

Answer 38

Feces stay in large intestine for too long and too much water is absorbed

Question 39

What is the pathway of food through the digestive system?

Answer 39

Mouth ➡️ esophagus ➡️ stomach ➡️ small intestine ➡️ large intestine ➡️ anus

Question 40

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Answer 40

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