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02-CP3 Diet - Digestive

The document contains questions about the digestive system and nutrition. It begins by asking students to define digestion and identify where in the body digestion begins. It then asks questions about specific digestive enzymes like amylase and the parts of the body that produce digestive juices. The document continues with questions about the structure and functions of the small and large intestines. It concludes with questions about balanced diets, reading food labels, and calculating calorie and nutrient content of meals.

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02-CP3 Diet - Digestive

The document contains questions about the digestive system and nutrition. It begins by asking students to define digestion and identify where in the body digestion begins. It then asks questions about specific digestive enzymes like amylase and the parts of the body that produce digestive juices. The document continues with questions about the structure and functions of the small and large intestines. It concludes with questions about balanced diets, reading food labels, and calculating calorie and nutrient content of meals.

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Unit 2 Digestive system and Nutrition- ______________________________________ 3º E.S.O.

1) Define DIGESTION:

2) Digestion of food begins in which part of the body? __________________

3) What is amylase? What is its function? Where is it secreted?

4) What is the name of the subunits that make up proteins?

5) What is the name of the enzyme that digest proteins? And the enzyme that digest lipids?

6) Define peristalsis.

7) Which parts of the body produce juices that help digest food?
a) stomach
b) salivary gland
c) pancreas
d) liver
e) all of these 3.

8) The main job of the small intestine is to: _______________________

9) What are the names of the parts of the small intestine?

10) The main job of the large intestine is to: _______________________

11) Name the parts of the large intestine

12) Make a drawing of the digestive system. Include: tongue, teeth, salivary glands,
epiglottis, esophagus, pharynx, sphincters, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,
rectum, anus, appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and uvula

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13) Why do we need food?

14) What is a balanced diet?

15) What percentage of your body is water?

16) Give examples of food containing these main nutrients:


 Carbohydrates:
 Proteins:
 Fats:
 Mineral salts:
 Vitamins:
 Fibre:

17) What would you eat at midday if you have to play a basketball game in the evening?

18) If one of your friends is a vegetarian, what kind of food could supply proteins to her
diet?

19) If one of your friends is suffering constipation, what food would you recommend to
him?

20) These are pie charts of the diets of two twelve year old girls, one from Europe and one

from Africa.

Using information from 2.1, complete the table to compare the African diet with that of the
European diet. In each box, write more or less or the same. (0.25)

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dairy cereals meat, sugar, vegetables,
products eggs, fish sweets fruit

African
diet
contains
(b) The daily energy intake is provided mainly by carbohydrates and fats.
Select one of the food groups from Fig. 2.1 that would provide a good source of…: (0.25)

Carbohydrates: ____________________

Fats: ___________________________

(c) With reference to the pie charts:


1-suggest why the African girl may not grow as fast as the European girl;
2-*suggest why the European girl is more likely to suffer from scurvy (deficiency of vitamin
C) than the African girl;
3-suggest why the European girl is more likely to suffer from constipation and colon cancer
than the African gir

21) According to the table below, explain in a paragraph how could you test the presence
of Starch in a sample of food.

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22) What does this diagram represent?

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Activity 16 from http://web.educastur.princast.es/ies/sanchezl/archivos/food.pdf:


Calculating the calories you eat
Calculate how many calories you can obtain from the following meal:

Complete:
Every day about 55 % of energy you obtain from food should come from glucids; about ----
% from lipids and about ---- % from proteins.
If we get too much energy from our diet we ------------
d) If we get too little energy from our diet we --------------

Answer: Usually about the 20 % the energy should come from breakfast, about 40 % from
lunch and about 20 % from dinner. According to this, do you think the lunch above is a
balanced one or not?

FOOD LABELS ►
Activity 14 from http://web.educastur.princast.es/ies/sanchezl/archivos/food.pdf
Scavenger hunt about food labels –

Food is an energy resource and there are some foods that have more energy in them than
others. Read the food labels you have been given and see if you can find the answers to
these questions:
a) How much protein is in one serving of beef burger? ………………………
b) How much protein is in 100 g of beef burger? ………………………
c) How many grams of sugar are in one serving of burger? ………………………
d) What percent of the daily value of salt (sodium) is in one serving of Mini chicken breast
fillets? ………………………
e) How much fat is in 100 g of burger? ………………………
f) And how much fat is in 100 g of chicken breast? ………………………
g) If you are trying to lose weight, which kind of meat should you eat, and why?
h) How many carbohydrates are in one serving of mushy peas? ………………………
i) How much energy is in one serving of mushy peas? ………………………
j) What is the main ingredient in Fingers? ………………………
k) Using the back of the paper (or another page), draw a bar chart comparing how many
lipids there are in 100 g of burgers, chicken breasts, Fingers and mushy peas.
l) Draw another bar chart showing how many proteins there are in 100 g of each food.

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m) Compare the bar charts you have drawn. Do they have the same shape or a similar
shape?.

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