MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Table 7.1 Shows the energy and nutrients contained in 100 g of five foods.

Food Energy / KJ Protein / g Fat / g Carbohydrate / g Calcium / mg Iron / mg Vitamin C / mg Vitamin D / mg
Apple 150 0.2 0.0 9.0 0 0.2 2 0.0
Chicken, roast 630 25.0 5.0 0.0 0 0.8 0 0.0
Egg, scrambled 1050 10.0 23.0 0.0 60 2.0 0 1.8
Rice, boiled 500 2.0 0.3 30.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Spinach, boiled 130 5.0 0.5 1.5 600 4.0 25 0.0

Scrambled egg has the highest energy content per gram of all of the foods in the table. What data in Table 7.1 could explain why the energy content of scrambled egg is so high?

Important Questions on Human Nutrition

MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Table 7.1 shows the energy and nutrients contained in 100 g of the foods.

Food Energy/KJ Protein / g Fat / g Carbohydrate / g Calcium / mg Iron / mg Vitamin C / mg Vitamin D / mg
Apple 150 0.2 0.0 9.0 0 0.2 2 0.0
Chicken, roast 630 25.0 5.0 0.0 0 0.8 0 0.0
Egg, scrambled 1050 10.0 23.0 0.0 60 2.0 0 1.8
Rice, boiled 500 2.0 0.3 30.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Spinach, boiled 130 5.0 0.5 1.5 600 4.0 25 0.0

 A girl has anaemia. Which foods from the table would be most helpful for her to include in her diet? Explain your answer.

MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Table 7.1 shows the energy and nutrients contained in 100g of five foods.

Food Energy / KJ Protein / g Fat / g Carbohydrate/ g Calcium / mg Iron / mg Vitamin C / mg Vitamin D / mg
Apple 150 0.2 0.0 9.0 0 0.2 2 0.0
Chicken, roast 630 25.0 5.0 0.0 0 0.8 0 0.0
Egg, scrambled 1050 10.0 23.0 0.0 60 2.0 0 1.8
Rice, boiled 500 2.0 0.3 30.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Spinach, boiled 130 5.0 0.5 1.5 600 4.0 25 0.0

Use the data in Table 7.1 to determine which of the five foods contains the greatest mass of water per 100 g. Show your working?

HARD
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Figure shows the human digestive system.

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Add each label to the appropriateness of the diagram. Some labels should be written in two places.

Labels to add

  • Physical digestion, increases the surface area of food (two places)
  • The gall bladder
  • Amylase is secreted (two places)
  • Amylase acts on starch (two places)
  • Lipase breaks down fats
  • Absorption happens
  • Secretes a liquid with a low pH, which kills bacteria
  • Protease is secreted (two places)
MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

In an investigation into the absorption of vitamin D from the alimentary canal, a volunteer ate a measured quantity of vitamin D on a piece of roast. Blood samples were then taken from him at intervals over a period of 72 hours, and the concentration of vitamin D in each blood sample was measured.

The results are shown in the graph in figure 7.2.

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Describe the changes in the concentration of vitamin D in the blood over the 72-hour period.

MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Calculate the percentage change in vitamin D concentration between 12 hours and 48 hours. Show your working. Give your answer to the nearest whole number. 
MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Name the part of the alimentary canal in which vitamin D is absorbed into the blood.
MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Explain how this part of the alimentary canal is adapted to make absorption efficient.
MEDIUM
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Explain why vitamin D does not need to be digested before it is absorbed.