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Yr 9 B3 Digestion
TSN Class:
Date:
Time: 60 minutes
Marks: 63 marks
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Page 1 of 15Q1. Many foods contain carbohydrates.
Figure 1 shows information about four different foods.
Figure 1
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Carbohydrate
[Bh Protein
[7] Fat
Water
Rice
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(2) Which food contains the highest percentage of carbohydrate?
Tick (¥) one box.
Beans
Chicken
Orange
Rice
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(b) Estimate the percentage of water found in beans.
Percentage = %
a
Page 2 of 16(c)
(a)
(e)
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Look at Figure 1.
‘Why would eating only beans provide a more balanced diet than eating only
chicken?
‘Sugars are produced when enzymes break down starch,
‘What is the name of the enzyme which breaks down starch to produce sugars?
Tick (< ) one box.
Amylase
Bile
Lipase
Protease
Which chemical could be used to test for glucose?
Tick (¥) one box.
Benedict's reagent
Biuret reagent
Iodine solution
Sulfuric acid
What colour change would be seen in a positive test for glucose?
From blue to
Page 3 of 15
a)
a)
a(g) People with diabetes have difficulty controlling the concentration of glucose in their
blood.
The blood of four people was tested.
Table 1 shows the results.
Table 1
Concentration of
Person | glucose in blood in
arbitrary units
42
6.9
7A
Blo |a|>
5.1
Table 2 shows the information used to help decide if a person has diabetes.
Table 2
Concentration
econ Conclusion
arbitrary units
<66 No diabetes
5607.0 Mild diabetes
>7.0 Severe diabetes
Which person has severe diabetes?
Tick (¥) one box.
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Page 4 of 15Figure 2 shows part of the human digestive system,
Figure 2
Y
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(h) Glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream in part X.
Name part X.
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() Complete the sentences,
Choose answers from the box.
active transport digestion excretion
osmosis respiration
Some glucose is absorbed into the bloodstream against the concentration gradient
by the process of
Water moves out of part Y and into the bloodstream by
the process of
(2)
(Total 10 marks)
Page 5 of 15Q2. The diagram below shows the human digestive system.
(a) (i) What is Organ A?
Draw a ring around the correct answer.
gall bladder liver stomach
a
(i) What is Organ B?
Draw a ring around the correct answer,
pancreas small intestine
large intestine
a
Page 6 of 15(b)
Digestive enzymes are made by different organs In the digestive system.
‘Complete the table below putting a tick (v’) or cross (X) in the boxes.
‘The first row has been done for you,
Organ producing enzyme
salivary
Glande | Stomach | pencreas
small
intestine
amylase
Enzyme | lipase
protease
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(c) The stomach also makes hydrochloric acid.
How does the acid help digestion?
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(d) Draw one line from each digestive enzyme to the corract breakdown product.
Digestive enzyme Breakdown products
amino acids.
Amylase breaks
down starch into,
bases.
Lipase breaks down
fats into...
fatty acids and
alycerol.
Protease breaks
down proteins into...
‘sugars.
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Page 7 of 15
(Total 8 marks)Q3. Lipases break down lipids.
(a) Which two products are formed when lipids are broken down?
Tick (v) two boxes,
Amino acids
Fatty acids
Glucose
Glycerol
Glycogen
One model used to explain enzyme action is the ‘lock and key theory’.
The diagram below shows a model of the theory.
(E+ CE- EG
(b) Explain the ‘lock and key theory’ of enzyme action.
Use information from the diagram above in your answer.
(2)
Koy
E Enzyme
S Substrate
P Product
Page 6 of 15
3)(c) There are many different types of lipase in the human body.
Why does each different type of lipase act on only one specific type of lipid
molecule?
a
(Total 6 marks)
Q4. The diagram shows part of the human digestive system.
(a) Name the parts of the digestive system labelled A, B, C and D.
A
B
c
D
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(b) Astudent has eaten a steak for dinner, The steak contains protein and fat,
(i) Describe how the protein is digested.
(3)
Page 9 of 15(c)
Gi) Explain two ways in which bile helps the body to digest fat.
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A group of students investigated the action of salivary amylase.
The students:
+ collected a sample of salivary amylase
+ puta different pH solution and 5 cm? of a food substance in each of 6 test
lubes
+ added 1 cm of salivary amylase to each of the 6 test tubes
+ recorded the amylase activity after 10 minutes.
The results are shown in the table.
pH 7] 6 {5 |4 {3 | 2
Amylase activity in
arbitrary units 2 10 3 ° ic 7
(i) Name the food substance that amylase breaks down.
a
(i) Suggest what happens to the breakdown of this substance when food reaches
the stomach.
Use information from the table to help you to answer this question.
3)
(Total 15 marks)
Page 10 of 15Q5. The body uses enzymes to digest (break down) large food molecules into smaller molecules.
(a)
(i) Draw one line from each large food molecule to the enzyme that acts on it.
Large food Enzyme
‘molecule
amylase
starch
protease
fat
lipase
protein
isomerase
(i) Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete each sentence,
amino acids.
Starch is broken down into
| sugars.
fatty acids and glycerol.
amino acids.
Fat is broken down into | tatty acids and glycero.
fructose.
amino acids.
Protein is broken down into | fructose.
sugars.
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8)
8)(b) Bile helps digestion.
Where is bile produced?
Draw a ring around one answer.
liver mouth stomach
o
(Total 7 marks)
Q6. Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch.
(a) Amylase is a polymer of smaller molecules.
Name the type of smaller molecule.
a)
(b) Name the three parts of the human digestive system that produce amylase.
1
2
3
2)
(c) Explain how amylase breaks down starch.
Answer in terms of the ‘lock and key theory’.
(3)
Page 12 of 18A student investigated the effect of temperature on the activity of amylase,
The figure below shows the apparatus used.
Test tube
|-— Beaker
}— Water at 5 °C
Semof
starch solution 1— 4 cm? of
amylase solution
This is the method used.
PEs
ee
(d)
(e)
Set up the apparatus as shown in the figure above.
After 5 minutes, pour the starch solution into the amylase solution and mix.
Remove one drop of the starch-amylase mixture and place onto a spotting tile.
Immediately add two drops of iodine solution to the starch-amylase mixture
‘on the spotting tile,
Record the colour of the iodine solution added to the starch-amylase mixture,
Repeat steps 8 to 5 every minute until the iodine solution stays yellow-brown.
Repeat steps 1 to 6 using water at different temperatures.
Name two control variables tiie student used in the investigation.
1
2
(2)
Why did the student leave the starch solution and amylase solution for § minutes
before mixing them?
a
Page 13 of 15The table below shows the resulls of the investigation.
Time taken until
ag | iodine solution stays
Temperature In °C yellowsbrown in
minutos
5 did nol become
yellow-brown
20 5
35 2
50 7
65 14
80 did not bacome
yellow-brown
(f) What conclusion can be made about the effect of temperature on amylase activity
between 20 °C and 65 °C?
(g) Explain the results at 5 °C and at 80 °C,
Use the table above.
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(8){h) The student investigated the effect of temperature on amylase activity.
Deseribe how the student could extend the investigation to determine the effect of a
different factor on amylase activity.
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(Total 17 marks)
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