EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
\Q\.The 3 essential groups that decompose are: - ANSWERS✔-carbohydrates, proteins, fats
\Q\.The 2 main types of decomposition are called: - ANSWERS✔-autolytic, bacterial
\Q\.Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are the 3 essential groups that ______ . - ANSWERS✔-
decompose
\Q\.Autolytic and bacterial are the two main types of ______ . - ANSWERS✔-decomposition
\Q\.Self-cell digestion, or cell self-decomposition caused by enzymes is called: - ANSWERS✔-
autolysis
\Q\.The enzymes of decomposition will come from ______ and ______ . - ANSWERS✔-
saprophytic bacteria, lysosomes
\Q\.Enzymes are released when acidic pH causes the membranes of ______ to rupture. -
ANSWERS✔-lysosomes
, \Q\.Saprophytic bacteria are normally present in the ______ as normal flora. - ANSWERS✔-
digestive tract
\Q\.______ are normally present as normal flora in the digestive tract. - ANSWERS✔-
saprophytic bacteria
\Q\.Saprophytic bacteria are normally present in the digestive tract as _______ . - ANSWERS✔-
normal flora
\Q\.Bacteria contain different ______ in them than are found normally in the human body. -
ANSWERS✔-enzymes
\Q\.______ are non-living substances that remain in the body after death and continue their
function. - ANSWERS✔-enzymes
\Q\.There is a fixed number of ______ in the body at the time of death, which causes autolytic
decomposition to progress slowly. - ANSWERS✔-enzymes
\Q\.There is a fixed number of enzymes in the body at the time of death, which causes autolytic
decomposition to progress _______ . - ANSWERS✔-slowly
\Q\.Bacterial decomposition happens _______ than autolysis. - ANSWERS✔-faster
\Q\.Autolysis happens _______ than bacterial decomposition. - ANSWERS✔-slower
\Q\.What are the 4 processes that take place during autolysis? - ANSWERS✔-hydrolysis,
oxidation, deamination, decarboxylation