with Verified Answers.
what deficiency causes night blindness - Answer: Vitamin A
A drop of dilute ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) is placed on one side of a slide containing a
large number of swimming paramecium. Under this condition, which of these behaviors of the
paramecia will be observed? - Answer: They eventually will all swim away from the ammonium
hydroxide
The process of nuclear cell division in the cell reproduction of plants differs from mammals. A
major difference is that - Answer: cell plates are synthesized
Which organism uses nitrogen directly from the air? - Answer: blue green algae
You cut your finger rather deeply while slicing an apple. Which of these actions should you take
first? - Answer: wash the wound continuously with cold running water
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,Which of these units is associated with magnitude but not direction? - Answer:
In varieties of matter, the term heterogenous may be applied to - Answer: mixtures but not
elements or compounds
Iodized salt is used to prevent a human condition known as - Answer: goiter
The bending of a wave around an obstacle is known as - Answer: diffraction
Which of these hydrocarbons is a member of the benzene family? - Answer: Tuolene
Which of these single measurements can be used to measure the current flowing through a
circuit? - Answer: Ammeter
Which of these substances contain a non polar covalent bond - Answer: O2
Which of these temperatures is known as Absolute Zero - Answer: 0 K
Which of these processes is responsible for recorded production of CO2 by yeast cells from
sugar solution? - Answer:
Mechanical Digestion - Answer: - breaking down of food into smaller pieces
Chemical Digestion - Answer: breaking down of nutrients into into small molecules
hydrolysis - Answer: - the process by splitting molecules by adding water.
enzymes - Answer: - the speeding up of action in digestive system chemically
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,anus - Answer: - one of the two opening that allows you to defecate
alimentary canal - Answer: - anus and mouth canal
- has specialized processes for digestion.
accessory organs - Answer: - liver, gullbladder, and pancreas
surface area - Answer: - makes food easier to swallow and digest
salivary glands - Answer: - food stimulates a part of your mouth to release saliva which contains
enzyme amylase
amaylase - Answer: - breaks down starch into smaller carbohydrate molecules monosaccharides
and disaccharides
pharynx - Answer: - when food is swallowed in gets pushes down by the tongue into the throat.
esophagus - Answer: - food passes through here
epiglottis - Answer: - covers wind pipe when swallowing
stomach - Answer: - from the esophagus food is passed there next
peristalsis - Answer: - the process of food passing the esophagus towards the stomach
gastric juice - Answer: - the lining of the stomach releases a juice made of hydrochloric and
protease
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, protease - Answer: - protein digesting enzyme
chyme - Answer: - smooth muscles mix partially digested food in the stomach and the result is a
liquid.
small intestine - Answer: - chyme is released into the small intestine in small portions through
the pyloric sphincter
- most digestion takes place in the small intestine
-major site for absorption of of nutrients into the blood stream
pyloric sphincter - Answer: - chyme is released here through the P. S
liver - Answer: - produces bile stored in the gull bladder
bile - Answer: - helps break down fats
gallbladder - Answer: - located connected to the liver
pancreas - Answer: - provides number of enzymes needed for digestion
villi - Answer: - facilitates absorption
- increases surface area for absorption of the end products of digestion into the blood and
lymph.
large intestine (colon) - Answer: - undigested food is moved up into the large intestine or colon,
which is responsible for reabsorbing water that has entered the alimentary canal
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