Chapter 3: NUTRITION | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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What is meant by a balance diet?

A balanced diet is a diet that contains all classes of food required by the body in the right quantities.

The diagram above shows the human alimentary canal. Which of the parts does the absorption of food occurs?

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Briefly explain the process of assimilation

Assimilation is a process of distributing the end products of digestion for the use of the cells in our body

List down the 3 systems involved to ensure the digested food molecules reach the cells of our body.

Digestive system, Blood Circulatory System, Assimilation

The end products that involve in digestion process of human includes

Glucose, Amino acid, Fatty acid and Glycerol

What will happen to the undigested food that is not absorbed by the small intestine?

They will moves into the large intestine and become a solid waste called as faece

What is being reabsorbed by the large intestine?

Water

State the factors that influenced the calorific requirement.

Gender, body size, health condition, age, work and climate

The food that enters the esophagus is called as?

Bolus

What is the characteristic of small intestine that causes the increase in the rate of absorption?

1. The surface of small intestine has many folds 2. The wall of the villus is very thin

State the flow of digestive tract that involves in human digestive system.

Mouth - Oesophagus - Stomach - Duodenum - Small Intestine - Large Intestine - Rectum - Anus

The enzyme that take place in the mouth that breaks down starch into maltose is called as?

Salivary amylase

What is the function of blood vessels in small intestine?

To transport nutrients to all parts of the body

Mr Robert originates from Switzerland now lives in Malaysia. He found that his daily food requirements are less compared to when he was in Switzerland. Why?

The temperature in Switzerland is much lower as compared to Malaysia. Hence, more calories are required to maintain his body temperature there.

During assimilation process, the end products are distributed for...

1. Formation of new cells 2. Respiration 3. Regulation of body temperature

What is the process that pushes the food along the alimentary canal?

Peristalsis