8A End of Unit Test

8 Name Class Date

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1 a The mouth contains teeth. What do teeth do to our food when we chew?

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[1 mark]

b What are the names of the organs labelled in

the diagram? Choose from the list below: mouth

mouth stomach liver small intestine

lungs large intestine rectum A

Organ A is ______________________________

Organ B is ______________________________
B

Organ C is ______________________________ C

Organ D is ______________________________ D

[2 marks]

c What happens to food in organ A?

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[1 mark]

2 a Give the name of one food that is a good source of protein.

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[1 mark]

b What are proteins used for in the body?

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[1 mark]

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3 John has become overweight in the last few years. He has changed jobs from being a gardener
to working in an office.
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a John still eats the same amount of food that he used to when he was a gardener. Suggest one
reason why he is now overweight.

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[1 mark]

b Suggest one health problem that John could have as a result of becoming overweight.

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[1 mark]

c Suggest two ways in which John might lose mass.

i ____________________________________ ii ____________________________________

[1 mark]

4 Look at the nutritional information on the food label below:

a 100 g of Superflakes contain 1300 kJ of energy.

KLOGGS SUPERFLAKES
What does the unit ‘KJ stand for?
Amount per 100 g
Energy 1300 kJ ______________________________________________
Carbohydrate 66 g
Protein 5g [1 mark]
Fat 5g
Fibre 6g
Calcium 30 mg
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b What type of food substance is calcium?

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A ___________________________________________________________________________________

[1 mark]

c Why is fibre important in the diet?

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[1 mark]

d If you add up the masses of the food substances there appears to be nearly 18 g
missing. What substance makes up most of this 18 g?

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[1 mark]

5 Look at the drawing of the villus below.

a In which organ are structures like these found? ______________________________________

[1 mark]

b Name one substance that is absorbed by the villi. ____________________________________

[1 mark]

c How does the pressure of these structures help with the absorption of digested food?

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[1 mark]
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6 The diagram shows a model that can be used to represent what happens in the
digestive system.
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rubber band

boiling tube

Visking tubing
starch and saliva mixture

water

An enzyme in saliva digests starch into sugar. The apparatus above was left at 37 °C. After
5 minutes the contents of the Visking tubing and the water around it were tested for starch and
for sugar.
a Where will starch be found?

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[1 mark]

b Where will sugar be found?

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[1 mark]

c In the model, what does the water represent? ________________________________________

[1 mark]

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7 The graph shows how the activity of a human digestive enzyme varies with temperature.
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Speed at which
enzyme works

0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Temperature (˚C)

a Look at the graph. Give one reason why it is important that the temperature of the human
body is kept at 37 ˚C.

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[1 mark]

b At what pH do digestive enzymes work best in the stomach?

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c At what pH digestive enzymes work best in the small intestine?

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d Amylase is an enzyme that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth. Why does this enzyme
stop working when the food enters the stomach?

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[1 mark]

8 a In the cells of our own bodies, energy is released during a process called respiration. Give two
ways in which the body uses this energy.

i _______________________________________________________________________________

ii _______________________________________________________________________________

[1 mark]

b Give the name of the substance from which energy is released during respiration.

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[1 mark]
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