Digestion is the process of breakdown of complex components of food such as carbohydrates into simpler substances that is absorbed and assimilated in the body.
Mark the following statements as True or False. If false, write the correct statements. The large intestine is longer and wider than the small intestine of the human alimentary canal.
Answer
False.
The large intestine is smaller and wider than the small intestine of the human alimentary canal.
Mark $‘T’$ if the statement is true and $‘F’$ if it is false: The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it for some time. $(T/ F)$
Fill in the blanks using the words listed below. water, front, intestinal, salts, pseudopodia, back, vacuole Large intestine absorbs ___________ and some __________ from the undigested food.
Answer
Large intestine absorbs water and some salts from the undigested food.
Following statements describe the five steps in animal nutrition. Read each statement and give one word for each statement. Write the terms that describes each process. Taking food into the body.
Is there any role of liver in digestion of fats? Explain.
Answer
Yes, liver produces bile which has bile salts. These salts break large fat molecules to fine droplets. These fine droplets are further converted into fatty acids and glycerol.
Fill in the blanks using the words listed below. water, front, intestinal, salts, pseudopodia, back, vacuole Amoeba pushes out _____________ around the food and traps it in a food _____________.
Answer
Amoeba pushes out pseudopodia around the food and traps it in a food vacuole.