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Junior Cycle Home Economics: Digestive system

How often Digestive system comes up on the Home Economics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024. most years

Digestive system, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Digestive system.

(a)Where does the digestion of starch begin?
  1. In the stomach, with hydrochloric acid
  2. In the mouth, with amylase in saliva
  3. In the large intestine, with bile
(b)What is peristalsis?
  1. Finger-like folds that absorb nutrients
  2. Enzymes that turn protein into amino acids
  3. Muscle waves that push food along the gut
(c)What does bile do during digestion?
  1. Breaks fat into tiny droplets
  2. Absorbs water back into the blood
  3. Starts digesting starch in the mouth
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(a) In the mouth, with amylase in saliva

(b) Muscle waves that push food along the gut

(c) Breaks fat into tiny droplets

Your turn: Common Level questions on Digestive system.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024A6
2023A8
2022A6

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Digestive system questions

Digestive system, 2 marks

In which part of the digestive system are most nutrients absorbed into the blood?

  1. Large intestine
  2. Oesophagus
  3. Small intestine
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Small intestine

The small intestine is long and lined with millions of villi, tiny finger-like folds that give a huge surface for digested nutrients to pass into the blood.

Digestive system, 3 marks

Which two jobs are carried out in the large intestine?

  1. Pepsin is made; acid kills bacteria
  2. Water is absorbed; bacteria make vitamin K
  3. Bile is made; fat is stored for energy
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Water is absorbed; bacteria make vitamin K

As waste moves through, water is taken back into the body and faeces form. Helpful bacteria there make vitamin K and some B vitamins. Waste is stored in the rectum.

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