Year 9 Biology Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| The process of breaking down complex foods into simple chemicals. | Digestion |
| A type of food that we use for building new body parts. | Protein |
| A type of food that our bodies break down into sugars for energy. | Carbohydrate |
| A type of food made of oil or fat which contains a lot of energy. | Lipid |
| A type of sugar used for energy. | Glucose |
| A chemical in our body that breaks our food into simple chemicals. | Enzyme |
| A liquid produced in our mouths to help digestion. | Saliva |
| An enzyme in saliva that breaks down carbohydrates. | Amylase |
| The tube that carries food to the stomach. | Oesophagus |
| A 7m long tube where digestion is completed and simple chemicals are absorbed into the blood. | Small Intestine |
| A 1m, large diameter, tube that removes water faeces. | Large Intestine/Colon |
| Wrinkles on the inside of the small intestine that speed up the absorption of chemicals into the blood. | Villi |
| When not enough water is removed from the faeces by the Large Intestine/Colon. | Diarrhoea |
| When too much water is removed from the faeces by the Colon/Large Intestines. | Constipation |
| Blood vessels which carry blood away from the heart and which contain elastic material. | Arteries |
| Blood vessels which carry blood back to the heart and which contain valves. | Veins |
| Very thin blood vessels that connect arteries to veins. Food chemicals, oxygen and CO2 can pass through their walls. | Capillaries |
| A type of blood cell which carry oxygen. | Red blood cells |
| A type of blood cell which fight bacteria and other germs. | White blood cells |
| The red chemical in red blood cells. (contains iron - Fe) | Haemoglobin |
| The clear art of the blood that food chemicals dissolve in. | Plasma |
| Part of blood which helps it clot. | Platelets |
| The expansion of arteries as blood passes through them. | Pulse |
| The careful cutting open of an organism to examine its structure. | Dissection |
| A chemical that controls the level of glucose in our blood. | Insulin |
| A disease cause when the body doesn't produce enough insulin. | Diabetes |
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