Starter quiz

  • A balanced diet is beneficial to our health. What does beneficial mean?
    A balanced diet is beneficial to our health. What does beneficial mean?
    • it has no impact
    • it has a positive impact  ✓
    • it has a negative impact
  • If something is essential, it is…
    • needed and very important.  ✓
    • not needed and unimportant.
    • optional.
    • very enjoyable.
  • Which statement about nutrients is incorrect?
    Which statement about nutrients is incorrect?
    • Animals get nutrients from the food they eat.
    • Nutrients are important substances that living things need to grow and survive.
    • Animals produce their own nutrients inside their bodies.  ✓
  • Which system in the body is responsible for breaking down the food we eat and absorbing important nutrients?
    • the circulatory system
    • the digestive system  ✓
    • the nervous system
  • Which body system is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients around the body in the blood?
    • the circulatory system  ✓
    • the digestive system
    • the nervous system
  • Starting with food being chewed in the mouth, put the stages of digestion into the correct order.
    Starting with food being chewed in the mouth, put the stages of digestion into the correct order.
    • 1
      Food is chewed in the mouth.
    • 2
      Food moves down the oesophagus.
    • 3
      Food arrives in the stomach where it is digested further by stomach acid.
    • 4
      Partly digested food moves to the small intestine where nutrients are absorbed.
    • 5
      Anything left moves through the large intestine and out through the anus.
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