Grade 8 Science

Drop Test 2

Marks: ________/25

Digestive System and Enzymes

Name:______________________________________
1- Where in the digestive system is water reabsorbed?
A The large intestine B The small intestine C The mouth D esophagus
2- Which is the correct order of processes that happen in the digestive system?
A. Eating digestion excreting
B. Excreting digestion eating
C. Eating excreting digestion
3- Where is bile produced?
A.
B.
C.
D.

In the gall bladder

In the bile duct
In the liver
In the small intestine

4- Which enzymes are involved in digesting starch to glucose?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Amylase and lipase

Amylase and carbohydrase
Amylose and maltose
Protease and lipase

5 -Which enzymes are produced by the stomach?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Proteases and lipases

Proteases and amylases
Proteases only
Lipases only

6 - Where is carbohydrase produced?

A.
B.
C.
D.

In the mouth
In the pancreas
In the small intestine
In mouth and pancrease

7 - Which acid is produced by the stomach?

A. Sulfuric acid

B. Hydrochloric acid
C. Nitric acid
D. Phosphoric acid

8 - What are the finger-like projections in the small intestine called?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Alveoli
Villi
Ileum
Pharynx

10 - This organ stores swallowed food and liquid, mixes up digestive juices with the food
and liquid and sends it to the small intestine.
A.
B.
C.
D.

small intestine
large intestine
stomach
Rectum

11- This part of the digestive system removes solid wastes such as feces from the body.
A.
B.
C.
D.

large intestine
small intestine
esophagus
Liver

12- Composed of the teeth, tongue, salivary glands and muscles, this part takes in food
to begin the process of digestion.
A.
B.
C.
D.

mouth
anus
esophagus
stomach

1 a The mouth contains teeth. What do teeth do to our food when we chew? [1 mark]
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b What are the names of the organs labelled in the diagram?
Organ A is ______________
Organ B is ______________
Organ C is ______________
Organ D is_______________
[ 2 marks]
c What occurs in organ A?

[1 mark]

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2- Complete the paragraph by using the words given below.
Amino

glycerol

lipase

sugar

pancrease protease

[4 marks]
Fatty

mouth

Carbohydrase is an enzyme which is produced in _______ and _____________ which

breaks down crabohydrates into small _______________ molecules. __________ is
another type of enzyme which produced in pancrease to break down protiens in to
____________ acids. Fat molecules are broken down in to ________ acid and
__________ by an enzyme called __________.

3- The graph shows how the activity of a human digestive enzyme varies with
temperature.

a The enzyme works best at about 37C. Why do you think that is?

[1 mark]

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In another experiment, the activity of the enzyme was measured at three pHs: pH 2,
pH 7 and pH 9.
b If the enzyme is produced by the stomach, at which pH would it work best?[1 mark]
______________________________________________________________________
c If the enzyme is produced by the small intestine, at which pH would it work best?
[1
mark]
______________________________________________________________________
d The enzyme did not digest starch at any pH. Explain why.

[1 mark]

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e Apart from the stomach, mouth and small intestine, name another organ that
produces digestive enzymes.
_____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]