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Question 1
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Multiple Choice:
Which type of diffusion can move nutrients against the concentration from an area of low
concentration to an area of high concentration?
You Answered
Facilitated diffusion
Correct Answer
Active transport
Osmosis
Passive diffusion
Question 2
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List 3 organs of the gastrointestinal tract and state their functions.
Your Answer:
1.) Mouth: Functions - The mouth can hold food also mechanically process food into the
digestive system.
2.) Stomach: Functions - The stomach can hold a lot of food at once. The stomach
mechanically and chemically processes food into the digestive system.
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3.) Rectum: Functions - The rectum flows/passes food from the body that has been
undigested.
Mouth - hold and mechanically digests food
Esophagus - passageway for food
Stomach - Hold volume of food and mechanically and chemically digests it
Small intestine - Site of digestion and absorption of nutrients
Large intestine - Reabsorbs water and some vitamins
Rectum - Passes undigested foodstuffs from the body
UnansweredQuestion 3
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List one of the GI tract’s accessory organs and its function for digestion.
Your Answer: Options:
Salivary glands: releases saliva containing enzymes that chemically digest food
Liver – produces bile to break down fats
Gallbladder – stores bile produced by the liver to be released into the intestine to digest fats
Pancreas – releases digestive enzymes to chemically break down food
Question 4
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True or False. If false explain why it is false.
Intrinsic factor is the hormone responsible for controlling the concentration of acid in the
stomach. Your Answer:
True
FALSE: Gastrin is the hormone responsible for controlling the concentration of acid in the
stomach.
OR