True or False: Hydrochloric acid in the stomach is responsible for the final breakdown of proteins into individual amino acids.
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Practise MYP Biology questions on 4.2 Digestion and review the explanations to check your understanding.
Use these questions for topic practice and to find ideas you want to revisit in your notes or lessons.
True or False: Hydrochloric acid in the stomach is responsible for the final breakdown of proteins into individual amino acids.
What is the collective term for the group of enzymes responsible for the chemical breakdown of proteins throughout the digestive system?
True or False: The primary purpose of digestion is to transform food into a form that can be transported through the gut, while absorption is the process of moving those molecules into the blood.
True or False: Mechanical digestion occurs in both the mouth and the stomach.
What is the name of the semi-liquid mixture of food and gastric juices produced by the churning of the stomach?
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False
Amylases
Saccharidases
Lipases
Proteases
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False
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False
Bile
Chyme
Saliva
Bolus