Give the appropriate terms to the following statements:
a) any substance taken into the body for purpose of providing nutrition.
b) conversion of complex food particles into simpler food particles in presence of enzymes
Question 18 Following statements describe the five steps in animal nutrition. Read each statement and give one word for each statement. Write the terms that describes each process.
(a) Transportation of absorbed food to different parts of body and their utilisation.
(b) Breaking of complex food substances into simpler and soluble substances.
(c) Removal of undigested and unabsorbed solid residues of food from the body.
(d) Taking food into the body.
(e) Transport of digested and soluble food from the intestine to blood vessels.
The process of breakdown of complex food into simpler substances by the action of enzymes is called