EXERCISE 1: DIGESTION OF FOOD

1. A snack bar weights 50 gram and the label shows 200

gram equals to 400 kcal. Calculate energy of content
(kJ) per bar.

2. How to identify carbohydrates (test for

carbohydrates) in food?

3. Proteins molecules are made up of long chains of…..

4. Fill the table!

Vitamin Functions Deficiency Good
disease sources
For Rickets
absorbing
calcium

Vitamin A Night
blindness
Important Egg yolk,
in blood cabbage,
clotting spinach
Vitamin E Anaemia
Defective
blood
clotting
5. Mention 4 types of teeth and their function!
6. ………. enzymes that
breakdown………………………………………………………………
……………………………in our mouth.

7. In oesophagus happened mechanical breakdown that

called ………………………

8. In stomach, ………………………………………………… kills

bad micro-organism and creates an ………………..
condition for the gastric enzymes to react on.

9. Pepsin hydrolyses …………………….. into

………………………………………..

10. Rennin coagulates ……………………..into

……………………………………….

11. The small intestine consists of

……………………………….., ……………………………………….,
and …………………….

12. The liver produces a greenish liquid called

…………. and store it in ………………………………….

13. The pancreatic juice contains digestive enzymes

such as ……………………………., …………………….., and
…………………………..
14. …………….. enzyme breakdown polypeptides into
………………..

15. Lipase hydrolyses small fat molecules (lipid

globules) into ……………………………….. and
………………………

16. In the ileum secretes intestinal juices which

consist of enzyme such as ……………………..,
………………….., ……………………., and …………………….

17. In the small intestines has …………… that

important role in absorption of digested food.

18. If you have ……………………. Your large intestine is

irritated and waste is not held long enough for the
water to be absorbed. So, the faeces is ………..

19. Fill the table!

Mineral Functions Symptoms of Sources
deficiency
For the
information
of
haemoglobin
in red blood
cells
Rickets, Milk,
 osteoporosis cheese

20. Fill the name !