Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration)

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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) 1. Some people have unbalanced diets. This can give them problems with their health. (a) Draw one line from each unbalanced diet to the health problem it can cause. u n b a la n c e d d ie t to o m u c h fa t h e a lth p r o b le m n o t m u c h e n e rg y

to o m u c h s u g a r

h e a r t d is e a s e

n o t e n o u g h p r o te in

to o th d e c a y

n o t e n o u g h c a rb o h y d ra te

p o o r g ro w th
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(b)

Explain why eating a lot of chips every day is bad for your health. .................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................
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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) 2. The card shows the amounts of fat and fibre in some types of food and drink from a caf.

C h e z J e a n C a f fa t in g fib r e in g

ty p e o f b u rg e r s in g le b u r g e r d o u b le b u r g e r c h e e s e b u rg e r 17 38 21 0 .8 1 .2 1 .0

ty p e o f d r in k s tr a w b e r r y m ilk s h a k e m e d iu m c o la m e d iu m o r a n g e ju ic e 8 0 0 0 0 0

ty p e o f p o ta to r e g u la r f r ie s b a k e d p o ta to 15 0 3 9

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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) (a) From the card above, choose a meal consisting of a burger, a drink and some potato, to give: (i) the least fat;
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(ii)

the most fibre.

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Write your answers in the table below. Food and drink type of burger type of drink type of potato (b) Draw a line from each nutrient to the main reason why it is needed. Draw only four lines. the drinks do not contain fibre meal with the least fat meal with the most fibre

nutrient

main reason why the nutrient is needed

calcium fibre protein sugar

to keep the intestine working properly for healthy teeth and bones for insulation to provide energy for growth and repair
4 marks Maximum 6 marks

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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) 3. The diagram below shows the digestive system.

(a)

(i)

Give the letter which labels the stomach. ............

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(ii)

Give the letter which labels the small intestine. ............

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(iii)

Glucose is absorbed in the small intestine. What carries glucose from the intestine to other parts of the body? ......................................................................................................................
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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) (b) Some athletes take glucose tablets before a race. Why do they take glucose? Tick the correct box. for growth to prevent disease for healthy bones and teeth to provide energy
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(c)

The table below shows what four people ate for lunch. name Jon Nadia Clare Zak lunch chicken and salad cheeseburger and chips lemonade and a jam doughnut mushroom soup and an orange

(i)

Whose lunch had the most sugar in it? ...........................................................

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(ii)

Whose lunch had the most fat in it? ...........................................................

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(iii)

Eating too much fat is bad for you. Give one reason for this. ...................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................
1 mark maximum 7 marks

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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) 4. Drawings A, B, C, D and E show the positions of five organ systems in the human body.

(a)

The names of the five organ systems are given in the table. By each name, write the letter of the drawing which shows the organ system. n a m e o f o rg a n s y s te m c ir c u la t o r y s y s t e m d ig e s t iv e s y s t e m r e p r o d u c t iv e s y s te m r e s p ir a t o r y s y s t e m s k e le to n
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le tte r o f th e d r a w in g o f th e o rg a n s y s te m

(b)

Which one of these organ systems is completely different in a man and a woman? ..........................................................................................................................
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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) 5. The information below was taken from the label of a can of baked beans in tomato sauce. n u tr itio n a l in fo r m a tio n 1 0 0 g p r o v id e s : e n e rg y p r o t e in to ta l c a rb o h y d ra te sugar fa t f ib r e (a) 4 5 1 6 0 3 06 kJ .4 g 7 .6 g .0 g .4 g .7 g lis t o f in g r e d ie n ts h a r ic o t b e a n s , t o m a t o p u r e , w a t e r, s u g a r, m o d if ie d s t a r c h , s a lt , p a p r ik a , o n io n p o w d e r, h e r b e x t r a c t s , s p ic e s

A healthy diet contains a number of groups of substances. The nutritional information lists some of these. Give one group of substances, needed for a healthy diet, which is missing from the nutritional information. .................................................
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(b)

(i)

Which food, shown in the list of ingredients, provides the most protein in this can? ........................................
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(ii)

Give one reason why we need protein in our diet. ..........................................................................................................

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(c)

(i)

Name one food, shown in the list of ingredients, which provides fibre. ........................................
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(ii)

Why is fibre needed for a balanced diet? .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................

1 mark Maximum 5 marks

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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) 6. The diagram below shows part of the respiratory system.
v o ic e b o x P

Q R

(a)

From the diagram, give the letters which label: (i) the trachea;
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(ii)

alveoli.
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(b)

(i)

Which gas passes into the blood from the alveoli? .

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(ii)

Which gas passes out of the blood into the alveoli? .

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(c)

The walls of the capillaries and the alveoli are very thin. Why do they need to be thin? . .
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(d)

There are millions of alveoli in the lungs. They provide a very large surface area. Why is a large surface area necessary? . .
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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration)

7.

(a)

The diagram shows a group of cells from the lining of the mouth.

(i)

Give the name and function of part P. name of part P ......................................................................................................................

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function of part P ...................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................

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(ii)

Which word describes this group of cells? Tick the correct box. compound organism organ tissue

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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration)

(b)

The diagram below shows muscle cells from the wall of the human intestine.

(i)

Muscle cells can contract. Give one reason why muscles are needed in the intestine. ...................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................
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(ii)

Other cells in the intestine produce enzymes. What effect do enzymes in the intestine have on nutrients such as protein? ...................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................
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(iii)

Which of the following is required in the diet to keep food moving through the intestine? Tick the correct box. fat protein fibre starch
1 mark maximum 6 marks

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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) 8. Andy investigated the digestion of a protein called gelatin. He used an enzyme called pepsin from the human stomach, and three cubes of gelatin 3 each 1 cm . He set up the experiment shown below and put the test-tubes in a water-bath at 37C. He measured the time for the digestion of the gelatin.

(a)

Why did Andy choose a temperature of 37C for the water-bath? ............................................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................................
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(b)

In test-tube C, the cube of gelatin that had been cut into pieces was digested more quickly than the whole cube in test-tube A. Give the reason for this. ............................................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................................
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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) (c) The boiled pepsin in test-tube B did not digest the gelatin. Why did boiling this enzyme stop it working? ............................................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................................
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(d)

Protein is needed for growth and repair. The digestion of protein begins in the stomach and is completed in the small intestine. (i) What are the products of the digestion of protein? Tick the correct box. amino acids sugars energy vitamins
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(ii)

Why is it necessary to digest protein before it can be used for growth and repair? ...................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................
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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) 9. (a) Mammals use fat as a long-term store of energy. (i) The diagram shows some simple apparatus for investigating the amount of energy released by burning fat.

th e rm o m e te r

b e a k e r c o n ta in in g 1 k g o f w a te r

4.2 kJ of energy will raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1C. 1 g of fat contains 38.5 kJ of energy.

d is h o f b u r n in g f a t d ra u g h t s h ie ld

Calculate the rise in temperature of 1 kg of water if 0.5 g of fat is burned. Show your working.
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(ii)

Fat is stored in layers beneath the skin. This fat is part of the bodys energy reserve. Give another function of the layers of fat.
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(b)

Mammals use glucose as a fuel in respiration in their cells. The word equation for respiration is: glucose + oxygen carbon dioxide + water

Mammals with a high rate of respiration need to have a high heart rate. Explain why. . . . .
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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration)

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10.

The table below shows the pH in different parts of the digestive system. part of digestive system mouth stomach small intestine (a) pH

6.5 7.5 1.0 2.5 7.0 8.0

Amylase is an enzyme which speeds up the digestion of starch. Amylase is produced by the salivary glands. Why does amylase stop working in the acidic conditions in the stomach? . .
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(b)

As food passes from the stomach into the small intestine, a different digestive juice is mixed with the food. (i) Use the information in the table to suggest what type of substance this digestive juice is.
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(ii)

What type of chemical reaction takes place as this digestive juice mixes with the acid from the stomach?
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(c)

After food containing starch is digested, a persons blood sugar level rises. The body responds by producing a chemical called insulin. Insulin lowers the blood sugar level again. The graph below shows how a persons blood sugar level changes after eating two different samples of food.

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Unit 8A (Food and Digestion) and Unit 8B (Respiration) key w h ite b r e a d 2 b lo o d s u g a r, in m g /c m 3 1 p a s ta

0 0 1 2 3 t im e a ft e r e a tin g f o o d s a m p le s , in h o u r s 4

(i)

Use the graph to help you to explain why less insulin would be produced one hour after eating pasta than one hour after eating white bread.
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(ii)

Suggest the normal blood sugar level in this case.

1 mark Maximum 5 marks

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