Nutrition in Animals

The component of food which is complex is

• protein

• carbohydrate

• fat

• all of these

he breakdown of complex components of food into simpler substances is called

• ingestion

• egestion

• assimilation

• digestion

Digestion converts protein into which simpler substance?

(a)  

The inner walls of the stomach secrete _________.

• Mucus & hydrochloric acid

• Bile

• Lime

• Salt

Amoeba digests its food in the ____.

• Food vacuole

• Stomach

• Liver

• Intestine

The process of intake of food is called...........

• Ingestion

• Digestion

• Absorption

• Assimilation

Name the process by which the digested food molecules are taken up by the intestine wall and sent to circulatory system.

• Assimilation

• Digestion

• Absorption

• Egestion

1. Which of these is not a part of nutrition?

• digestion

• absorption

• egestion

• excretion

The basic process of digestion of food and release of energy is not the same in all animals.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The ___ helps in mixing saliva with food.

• Heart

• Stomach

• Nose

• Tongue