Nutrients
A type of carbohydrate that you find a lot of in bread and rice
What is starch?
The addictive chemical in cigarette smoke
What is nicotine?
This organ is the longest in the digestive system
What are enzymes?
What is simple sugar?
90% of our bodies are made of this
What is water?
Drugs that are prescribed by a doctor
What are medicinal drugs?
This organ stores the bile that is made in the liver
What is the gall bladder?
Lots of bacteria live in this part of the digestive system
What is the large intestine
The color that shows a positive result of the iodine test
What is blue/black?
A type of complex carbohydrate that is found in plants. It is not digested but helps food to move along the digestive tract
What is fiber?
2 examples of illegal drugs
What are cocaine, marijuana, heroin....?
This nutrient is digested in the stomach
What is protein?
The type of enzyme that digests lipids
What is lipase?
The test for starch
What is iodine solution?
This nutrient maintains body temperature and provides energy storage
What are fats (or lipids)?
The organ that is most damaged by drinking excessive amounts of alcohol
What is the liver?
This organ absorbs water from food
What is the large intestine?
A part of the digestive sustem that contains protease enzymes and hydrochlorid acid
The test for proteins
What is biuret solution?
Proteins are made out of
What are Amino Acids?
A deficiency disease caused by a lack of vitamin C
What is scurvy?
Define peristalsis
What are muscle contractions that move food along
Starch is digested by this enzyme
What is amylase?
You would use this equipment to grind up food before doing a food test
What is a pestle and mortar?