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2009 SCHOOL BREAK HOMEWORK

BIOLOGY FORM 4: CHAPTER 6 – NUTRITION

Answer all questions. You may send this homework in a softcopy (email to
liefeng81@gmail.com) or hardcopy (need to print).

STRUCTURED QUESTION

(a) Diagram 1 shows human digestive system.

Diagram 1

Structure Q in Diagram 1 is involved in the digestion of fat.

i. Name structure Q.

Small intestine

[1 mark]

ii. Name the enzyme which digests fat in Q.

Intestinal enzyme

[1 mark]

iii. Diagram 2 shows a mechanism of an enzyme reaction. Draw

the diagram in the spaces III and IV provided in Diagram 2 to
complete the mechanism of the enzyme reaction.

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Diagram 2

[2 marks]

(b)(i) Explain how starch is digested in the duodenum.

[2 marks]

(ii) A student eats too many oranges. Explain the effect of eating
too many oranges on the digestion of starch in the duodenum.

[2 marks]

ESSAY QUESTION

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Diagram 3 shows three organisms, P, Q and R.

Diagram 3

(a) (i) Describe the type of nutrition in P and Q.

[4 marks]

(ii) Explain one similarity and four differences between the

alimentary canal of Q and R.

[10 marks]

(b)Constipation, night blindness and anaemia are three health

problems. State the cause and suggest the ways to overcome these
health problems from nutritional aspects.

[6 marks]

END OF HOMEWORK SHEET.

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