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Nutrition in Animals

Description: Science Nutrition in Animals
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Which gland secretes a yellowish-green watery fluid?

  1. Gastric

  2. Intestinal

  3. Liver

  4. Salivary

  5. Pancreatic


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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The mixing of saliva with chewed food is called

  1. mastication

  2. assimilation

  3. egestion

  4. rumination

  5. absorption


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The mixing of saliva with chewed food is called mastication.

Which of the following steps does not belong to the human digestion process?

  1. Absorption

  2. Ingestion

  3. Assimilation

  4. Egestion

  5. Rumination


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

A process in which partially digested food returns to the mouth in small lumps and the animal chews it. This type of process is called rumination

______ is/are secreted inside the walls of stomach.

  1. Glucose

  2. Pancreatic juice

  3. Gastric juice

  4. Yellowish-green watery fluid

  5. Enzymes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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The process in which powerful muscles in the oesophagus gently push food to the stomach is called

  1. canines

  2. peristalsis

  3. incisors

  4. pharynx

  5. villi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The powerful muscles in oesophagus gently push food down to the stomach in a wave-like action called peristalsis.

Undigested and unabsorbed food enters into the

  1. large intestine

  2. stomach

  3. small intestine

  4. oesophagus

  5. mouth


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Undigested and unabsorbed food enters into the large intestine. It is about 1.5 metres in length.

_______ is not a function of the tongue.

  1. Talking

  2. Mixing saliva with the food

  3. Identifying the taste of food

  4. Moving food in the mouth

  5. Absorbing water and salts


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

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Which of the following regions does not belong to the small intestine?

  1. Duodenum

  2. Anus

  3. Jejunum

  4. Ileum

  5. Villi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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Where is bile stored temporarily?

  1. Gall bladder

  2. Buccal cavity

  3. Villi

  4. Peristalsis

  5. Mucous


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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The length of the large intestine is

  1. 1.5 metres

  2. 25 cm

  3. 3 cm

  4. variable

  5. 18–20 cm


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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What is the use of HCL that is present in gastric juice?

  1. It converts carbohydrates into simple sugars.

  2. It protects the lining of the stomach.

  3. It helps to kill germs.

  4. It digests proteins into peptides.

  5. It absorbs the digested food materials


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

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Bees take food inside their body by _______.

  1. swallowing

  2. sucking

  3. capturing

  4. scraping

  5. brewing


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bees suck the nectar of plants.

_________ is/are not a type of tooth.

  1. Incisors

  2. Canines

  3. Premolars

  4. Molars

  5. Pharynx


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The pharynx is at the back of buccal cavity. The pharynx is a common channel for food and air.

Which of the following is not a part of the alimentary canal?

  1. Mouth

  2. Tongue

  3. Stomach

  4. Anus

  5. Pancreas


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The pancreas is a mixed gland.  

________ is the process used to take food inside the body.

  1. Ingestion

  2. Absorption

  3. Egestion

  4. Digestion

  5. Assimilation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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