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| Question | Answer |
| What's amylase ? ♡ | An enzyme found in saliva that breaks starch down into sugar ♡ |
| What's the anus ? ♡ | The opening at the end of the gut ♡ |
| What's the appendix ? ♡ | A small tube branching off the large intestine ♡ |
| What are capillaries ? ♡ | Tiny tubes that carry blood ♡ |
| What are carbohydrates used for ? ♡ | Energy ♡ |
| What system contains the heart and blood vessels ? ♡ | The circulatory system ♡ |
| What does digestion do ? ♡ | It breaks food into soluble substances ♡ |
| What are digestive juices ? ♡ | A liquid containing enzymes that break down food ♡ |
| What do enzymes do ? ♡ | There chemicals which can break up large molecules ♡ |
| What is fibre for ? ♡ | It helps keep our intestines clean ♡ |
| What is the gullet/oesophagus ? ♡ | The tube which goes from the mouth to the stomach ♡ |
| What is the gut ? ♡ | All the organs of the digestive system ♡ |
| What is ingestion ? ♡ | Putting food in your mouth ♡ |
| What are kilojoules (kJ) ♡ | A unit of energy used on food packets - there are 1000J in 1kJ ♡ |
| What is the function of the large intestine ? ♡ | It takes water out of a waste food ♡ |
| What is protein used for ? ♡ | Growth and repair ♡ |
| What is villi ? ♡ | Small finger-like parts of the small intestine, they increase the surface area of the intestine so food is absorbed more quickly ♡ |
| What is the word equation for energy ? ♡ | Glucose + Oxygen > Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy ♡ |
| What do you add to mashed food to test for protein ? ♡ | 10 drops of Biuret solution ♡ |
| Where is new protein made ? ♡ | In cells ♡ |
| How is carbon dioxide removed from the body ? ♡ | By breathing out ♡ |
| What solution would you use to test for starch ? ♡ | Iodine solution ♡ |
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