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What happens to carbohydrates like starch during digestion?
They are broken down by enzymes into glucose.
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Where is glucose absorbed into the blood?
From the small intestine.
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How does glucose travel around the body?
It travels in the blood plasma.
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What process allows oxygen to move from the alveoli into the blood?
Diffusion.
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What is diffusion?
The movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
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What combines with oxygen in the blood to transport it around the body?

Haemoglobin found in red blood cells. For each blood cell there are a total of 4 oxygen molecules in there

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What process allows oxygen to move from the alveoli into the blood?

Diffusion is the process by which particles of an area of high concentration move to an area of low concentration