Chapter-2 ➤ Nutrition in Animals 1. The finger-like outgrowths of Amoeba helps to ingest food. However, the finger-like outgrowths of human intestine helps to: digest the fatty food substances make the food soluble absorb the digested food absorb the undigested food 2. The enzymes predsent in the saliva convert: fats into fatty acids and glycerol starch into simple sugars proteins into amino acids complex sugars into simple sugars 3. Animals are heterotrophic. True False 4. The main function of the lacteals of intestine is the absorption of amino acids glucose and vitamins lactic acid fatty acids and glycerol 5. Ruminants are cud chewing animals. True False 6. Cud is the name given to the food of ruminants which is: swallowed and undigested. swallowed and partially digested. properly chewed and partially digested. properly chewed and completely digested. 7. The swallowed food moves downwards in the alimentary canal because of: force provided by the muscular tongue. the flow of water taken with the food. gravitational pull. the contraction of muscles in the wall of food pipe. 8. The breakdown of complex component of food into simpler substance is called digestion. True False 9. Read carefully the terms given below. Which of the following set is the correct combination of organs that do not carry out any digestive functions? Oesophagus, Large Intestine, Rectum Buccal Cavity, Oesophagus, Rectum Buccal Cavity, Oesophagus, Large Intestine Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Rectum 10. Gastric digestion takes place efficiently in acidic medium alkaline medium neutral medium highly alkaline medium Loading … Question 1 of 10
