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Checkpoint Revision 6

The document is a biology checkpoint revision guide focusing on nutrition, the digestive system, and cellular absorption. It includes questions about balanced diets, factors influencing nutritional needs, the effects of tobacco smoke, and the functions of various parts of the digestive system. Additionally, it covers the absorption of nutrients and the requirements for mineral ions in the human diet.

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  • kidney tubule,
  • health and nutrition,
  • human digestive system,
  • small quantities,
  • nutritional education,
  • tissues,
  • health impacts,
  • nutrient categories,
  • biological systems,
  • nutrient types
184 views4 pages

Checkpoint Revision 6

The document is a biology checkpoint revision guide focusing on nutrition, the digestive system, and cellular absorption. It includes questions about balanced diets, factors influencing nutritional needs, the effects of tobacco smoke, and the functions of various parts of the digestive system. Additionally, it covers the absorption of nutrients and the requirements for mineral ions in the human diet.

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rohith8.vijayakumar
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Topics covered

  • kidney tubule,
  • health and nutrition,
  • human digestive system,
  • small quantities,
  • nutritional education,
  • tissues,
  • health impacts,
  • nutrient categories,
  • biological systems,
  • nutrient types

6

Biology 8G
Checkpoint Revision 6

1 (a (i) Explain the term balanced diet.

[3]
(ii) State three factors that influence a person’s nutritional needs.
1

3 [3]

(c) Tobacco smoke affects the gas exchange system.

Name two components of tobacco smoke and describe their effect on the gas exchange
system.

component 1 .............................................................................................................................

effect .........................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................

component 2 .............................................................................................................................

effect .........................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................

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[4]
2 (a Fig. 1.1 is a diagram of the human digestive system.

H C
D

E
G

Fig. 1.1

Use the letters from Fig. 1.1 to complete Table 1.1 to give the part of the human digestive
system that is identified by each function.

Write one letter only in each box. You may use the same letter more than once. There are some
letters that you will not use. The first one has been done for you.

Table 1.1

function
unctio

peristalsis B

protein digestion

insulin production

deamination

partially digested food is mixed with bile

most water is reabsorbed

[5]
The human diet provides nutrients for the synthesis of biological molecules that make up
cells, cell products and tissues.

(b) (i) Complete Table 1.2 to show the nutrients that are absorbed from food to
synthesise the large molecules listed.

Table 1.2

large molecules nutrients absorbed

protein

glycogen

fat
[3]
(ii) Mineral ions are required in the human diet in small quantities.

State the mineral ion required for each process:

making bone

making haemoglobin. [2]

(iii) State another type of nutrient required in the human diet in small quantities.

[1]
3 Fig. 1.1 A shows a cell from the lining of the alimentary canal.

Fig. 1.1 B shows a cell from the lining of a kidney tubule.

Both cells absorb substances into the blood.

C C

A B
Fig. 1.1

(a) Name the structures labelled C on the cells in Fig. 1.1.

[1]

(b) List three substances that are absorbed by both cells shown in Fig. 1.1.

3 [3]

(c) Explain how both cells shown in Fig. 1.1 are adapted for absorption of substances into
the blood.

[2]

(d) Name the part of the alimentary canal that is lined by the cells shown in Fig. 1.1 A.

[1]

[Total: 7]

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