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Study Guide Exam #2
1) What are the 2 stages of food consumption in animals? What is the difference
between them?
2) Where does chemical digestion begin?
3) Define peristalsis.
4) What is the function of the epiglottis?
5) What are 3 functions of the stomach?
6) What is the function of the gallbladder?
7) What is the function of the pancreas?
8) What does bile do?
9) Where does most digestion take place?
10) What does the enzyme amylase do?
11) What does the enzyme pepsin do?
12) What is the function of the liver?
13) What are villi? What are microvilli?
14) What are 2 functions of the small intestine?
15) What are the 3 sections of the small intestine called?
16) In what organ are most nutrients absorbed in the digestive system?
17) What is the function of the large intestine?
18) What are the 2 categories of vitamins?
19) What vitamin can your body obtain through sunlight exposure?
20) Where is most of the calcium in your body stored?
21) What is an autotroph?
22) What is a heterotroph?
23) What are the inputs and outputs of photosynthesis?
24) What are the 4 biological macromolecules?
25) What are the building blocks for carbohydrates? Fats? Proteins? Nucleic acids?
26) What are the differences between a monosaccharide, a polysaccharide, and a
disaccharide?
27) The exoskeletons of arthropods are made of chitin which is a ______________.
28) What is the primary function of lipids?
29) What are the differences between saturated and unsaturated fats?
30) What re the 2 types of nucleic acids?
31) What are enzymes?
32) Describe the 2 enzyme action models.
33) What are the functions of stomata?
34) Why are plants green?
35) What is a chloroplast?
36) What is stroma?
37) What colors of light does chlorophyll best absorb?
38) What is the difference between a polymer and a monomer?
39) What are stomata?
40) What are guard cells?
41) What is the difference between a frog and a human heart?
42) What are the functions of buffers in the digestive system?