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Nutrition and the Digestive System
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69 CXC CSEC Human and Social Biology questions on Nutrition and the Digestive System, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which vitamin deficiency causes scurvy, a condition historically common among sailors in the Caribbean?

  1. Vitamin A
  2. Vitamin B12
  3. Vitamin C
  4. Vitamin D
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✓ Answer: CVitamin C
Award 1 mark for correct identification. Scurvy results from lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), causing bleeding gums and poor wound healing. A is incorrect — vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness. B is incorrect — vitamin B12 deficiency causes anaemia. D is incorrect — vitamin D deficiency causes rickets.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

During digestion, proteins are broken down into smaller units. What is the final product of protein digestion that is absorbed into the bloodstream?

  1. Fatty acids
  2. Glucose
  3. Amino acids
  4. Glycerol
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✓ Answer: CAmino acids
Award 1 mark for correct identification. Proteins are hydrolysed by proteases into amino acids, which are then absorbed. A is incorrect — fatty acids are products of lipid digestion. B is incorrect — glucose is the product of carbohydrate digestion. D is incorrect — glycerol is a product of lipid digestion.
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CXC CSEC Human and Social Biology: Nutrition and the Digestive System FAQ

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Kramizo currently has 69 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Nutrition and the Digestive System for CXC CSEC Human and Social Biology, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real CXC paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
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Are the Nutrition and the Digestive System questions aligned to the official CXC CSEC Human and Social Biology syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CXC CSEC Human and Social Biology specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CXC paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CXC.
How is Nutrition and the Digestive System typically tested on CXC CSEC Human and Social Biology papers?
Nutrition and the Digestive System appears across multiple question types on real CXC CSEC Human and Social Biology papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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