Test 1: Nutrition, Oral Cavity, Pharynx, Oesophagus and Stomach

MCQs

30 questions · 25 min · 30 marks

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  1. Question 1

    What is nutrition?

    • AHow organisms get and use nutrients
    • BRemoval of waste from the body
    • CMovement of food through the canal
    • DProduction of enzymes
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    Answer: A

    Nutrition is how organisms get and use nutrients to grow, stay healthy and repair their bodies.

  2. Question 2

    Animals cannot make their own food. They get it from other organisms. This is called;

    • AAutotrophic nutrition
    • BHeterotrophic nutrition
    • CPhotosynthesis
    • DEgestion
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    Answer: B

    Getting food by consuming other organisms is heterotrophic nutrition.

  3. Question 3

    Taking in food and drinks through the mouth is called;

    • ADigestion
    • BAbsorption
    • CIngestion
    • DEgestion
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    Answer: C

    Ingestion is the first step of nutrition in animals.

  4. Question 4

    Using the absorbed nutrients in cells and tissues is called;

    • AIngestion
    • BAbsorption
    • CAssimilation
    • DEgestion
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    Answer: C

    Assimilation is the use of absorbed nutrients in cells and tissues.

  5. Question 5

    Removing undigested food and waste from the body is called;

    • AIngestion
    • BEgestion
    • CDigestion
    • DAssimilation
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    Answer: B

    Egestion is the removal of undigested food and waste.

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