Nutrition
Digestion
Lab Equipment
Amylase Lab
100

This is the body's main source of energy

Carbohydrates

100

Stretchy pipe from the back of the throat to the stomach.

esophagus

100

This is used to heat.

Bunsen Burner and/or hot plate

100
This reagent tests for starch.

Iodine

200

This is the body's main building blocks

Proteins

200

This organ extracts water from digested material.

Large intestines.

200
This equipment accurately measures a volume of liquid in ml.

Graduate cylinder.

200

Amylase if found in this liquid.

Saliva.

300

Helps the body grow and work the way it should.

Vitamins and/or Minerals
300

This organ stores the food you have eaten.

Stomach

300

This rack holds test tubes.

Test tube rack.
300

You tested your amylase solution in this thing that had a series of little bowls.

Spot plate.

400

This nutrient helps the body absorb vitamins.

Fats

400

Teeth start this kind of digestion.

Mechanical digestion.

400

Glassware that holds chemicals and measures volume less accurately.

Beaker

400

This was the temperature of the starch solution.

37 degrees C

500

The measure of energy you get from food.

Calories

500

This long organ breaks down food even more and is 22 feet long.

The small intestine.
500

This measures mass.

Scale and/or balance.
500

This is a type of sugar.

polysaccharides, dextrins, maltose, and glucose.

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