Nutrition - Fats & Lipids

All are functions of lipids except:

• "Slow down digestion"
• "Cushions organs"
• Essential for growth & development
• "Short-term energy storage"

What is NOT a category of Lipids?

• "Waxes"
• "Triglycerides"
• Sterols/Steroids
• "All of the above are lipids"

Unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature.

• "True"
• "False"

If something is hydrophobic, it mixes well with water.

• "True"
• "False"

3 fatty acids combine with glycerol to form what?

• "Unsaturated Fat"
• "Triglycerides"
• Phospholipids
• "Cholesterol"

Trans fats are naturally formed in foods.

• "True"
• "False"

Which is a major component of plasma membranes of the cell?

• "Triglycerides"
• "Wax"
• Phospholipids
• "Steroids"

Cholesterol is a triglyceride.

• "True"
• "False"

The body makes all of the cholesterol it needs in the:

• "Liver"
• "Pancreas"
• Gall Bladder
• "Fat Cells"

What cells store fat?

• "Lipo Cells"
• "Omega Cells"
• Adipose Cells
• "Lipase Cells"