Activate 2 : Nutrition and Digestion

What is a balanced diet?

State three things that lipids do for us

Which two nutrients provide energy?

What are lipids?

Which nutrient is used for growth and repair?

Which two nutrients are needed in small amounts to keep us healthy?

Which nutrient aids digestion by providing bulk to food?

Which nutrient is used as an energy store and helps insulate the body?

Which chemical is used to test for starch?

If a food contains starch what colour will it turn if Iodine is added to it?

Which nutrient is filter paper used to test for?

Which nutrient is filter paper used to test for?

Which type of food is Benedict's solution used to test for?

Which nutrient is copper sulfate and sodium hydroxide (Biurets solution) used to test for?

Which colourless liquid is used to test for lipids?

Describe the test for lipids using ethanol

What colour indicates a positive test for protein using Biurets solution

List 4 medical conditions which overweight people are at risk of

What does obese mean?

What does obese mean?

What vitamin is deficient in a person suffering from rickets?

What vitamin is deficient in a person suffering from scurvy?

What vitamin is deficient in a person suffering from night blindness?

What do we mean by a deficiency in someone's diet?

Which intestine is the longest?

Name the small structures in the small intestine through which nutrients enter the bloodstream

In which digestive organ do nutrients pass into the bloodstream?

What are the special proteins called that break down large molecules as part of digestion?

Which substance is made in the liver and helps breaks down lipids?

What does carbohydrase break down?

What does carbohydrase break carbohydrates down into?

What does protease break proteins down into?

What does lipase break lipids down into?

Where does the digestion of carbohydrates take place?

Where does the digestion of proteins take place?

Where does the digestion of lipids take place?