Science Double Award - 4SD0 PearsonEdexcel

Nutrition

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Nutrition is the foundation of biology: plants build glucose from sunlight through photosynthesis, and animals break complex food molecules into absorbable nutrients through digestion. Both processes keep cells supplied with the energy and raw materials they need to survive.

In this lesson you will explore photosynthesis (its equation, limiting factors and leaf adaptations), balanced diets, the human digestive system, and how the small intestine is built for efficient absorption. These topics appear across both Biology papers in the Double Award exam.

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Understand the process of photosynthesis and its importance in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy
Know the word equation and the balanced chemical symbol equation for photosynthesis
Understand how varying carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity and temperature affect the rate of photosynthesis
Describe the structure of the leaf and explain how it is adapted for photosynthesis
Understand that plants require mineral ions for growth, and that magnesium ions are needed for chlorophyll and nitrate ions are needed for amino acids
Investigate photosynthesis, showing the evolution of oxygen from a water plant, the production of starch and the requirements of light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll
Understand that a balanced diet should include appropriate proportions of carbohydrate, protein, lipid, vitamins, minerals, water and dietary fibre
Identify the sources and describe the functions of carbohydrate, protein, lipid, vitamins A, C and D, the mineral ions calcium and iron, water and dietary fibre as components of the diet
Understand how energy requirements vary with activity levels, age and pregnancy
Describe the structure and function of the human alimentary canal
Understand how food is moved through the gut by peristalsis
Understand the role of digestive enzymes, including the digestion of starch to glucose by amylase and maltase, the digestion of proteins to amino acids by proteases and the digestion of lipids to fatty acids and glycerol by lipases
Understand that bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder
Understand the role of bile in neutralising stomach acid and emulsifying lipids
Understand how the small intestine is adapted for absorption, including the structure of a villus

Akọmọ Ojú-ẹkọ

Every food chain starts with photosynthesis. A leaf captures light energy and converts it into the chemical energy stored in glucose, feeding not just the plant but every organism that eats it. Understanding how this conversion works, and what limits it, is the key to explaining where biological energy comes from.

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Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Nutrition. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.

Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.

Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.

Which pigment absorbs light energy for photosynthesis? A) Carotene B) Chlorophyll C) Haemoglobin D) Melanin Answer: B
What is the role of bile in digestion? A) It chemically digests protein B) It emulsifies lipids and neutralises stomach acid C) It absorbs glucose in the small intestine D) It produces amylase Answer: B
Which mineral ion is needed for making chlorophyll? A) Iron B) Calcium C) Nitrate D) Magnesium Answer: D
Where does most chemical digestion and absorption of food take place? A) Stomach B) Large intestine C) Small intestine D) Mouth Answer: C
Which of the following is NOT a limiting factor for photosynthesis? A) Temperature B) Oxygen concentration C) Light intensity D) Carbon dioxide concentration Answer: B