EXERCISES, LESSON 6
REQUIREMENT. The following exercises are to be answered by completing the
incomplete statements.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson, and check your answers.
1.
The overall function of the human digestive system is to provide
s to be
used by the individual
s of the body.
2.
The radiant energy of the Sun is stored by plants as the chemical bonds of
molecules. The process for doing this is called
.
Ultimately, humans consume either the green
s themselves or the
__________s which ate the green plants.
Through the processes of
n, the glucose is released. It is then
delivered to the cells of the body by the
y system.
Within the cells of the body, the energy is released from the glucose molecules
by the process known as
c
n. The released energy is then used to
produce the compound
. Metabolic oxidation and the production of ATP occur
within the
a. The energy for any of the life processes is obtained directly
from
.
3.
The three categories of foodstuffs are c
s, l
s, and p
s.
Other necessary items include w
,m
s, and v
s.
4.
The following processes are involved in the human digestive system:
a. I
n of foods.
b. Initial
g.
c.
ge.
d. D
n.
e. A
n.
f. E
n of unused materials.
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