Digestive System Quiz

1. Examples of foods rich in carbohydrates are:
A sweets and oils
B breads and pasta
C meat and eggs
2. Digestion can be by physical or chemical means. An example of physical digestion is:
A chewing food with teeth
B muscular churning action of the stomach
C both of the above
3. Proteins are broken down in the body to:
A fatty acids and glycerol
B amino acids
C carbohydrates
4. Lipids are made of:
A disaccharides
B bile salts
C fatty acids and glycerol
5. The food nutrient which can provide the most energy is:
A fats and oils
B proteins
C carbohydrates
6. Ingestion means:
A breathing in
B taking in food via the mouth
C excretion of waste products
7. The scientific name for simple sugars such as glucose is:
A amino acids
B monosaccharides
C glycerols
8. The emulsion of lipids using bile is an example of:
A chemical breakdown
B physical breakdown
C acid-base reaction
9. The muscular contractions along the digestive tract are called:
Aperistalsis
Bepiglottis
Cvilli
10. Diarrhoea is a sign that there is a malfunctioning:
Alarge intestine
Bstomach
Csmall intestine
11. The epiglottis is:
Athe flap that covers the top of the stomach
Bthe sphincter that holds food in the stomach
Cthe flap that covers the top of the trachea
12. Producing vitamins in the large intestine are:
Aproteases
Bprotozoans
Cbacteria
13. The enzymes that break down proteins are:
Aamylases
Blipases
Cproteases
14. The digestive organs from mouth to rectum are:
Amouth, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum
Bmouth, duodenum, stomach, large bowel, rectum
Cmouth, oesophagus, stomach, gall bladder, duodenum, large intestine, rectum
15. Digested nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream at the:
Asmall intestine
Blarge intestine
Cstomach

 

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