Quiz #1

Which of the following vegetables is rich in carbohydrates?

• Legumes, peas, and beans

• Seeds, roots, and tubers

• Nuts, olives, and avocado

• Mushroom, tomatoes, and radish

What is the flavor component of vegetables which gives strong flavor and odor to some vegetables like onions, leeks, garlic, chives, cabbage, and broccoli?

• Flavonoids

• Glutamic Acid

• Sugar

• Sulfur compounds

Diets rich in potassium vegetable may help ______________.

• Maintain normal blood pressure.

• Reduce blood cholesterol levels.

• Helps the body form red blood cells.

• Helps to protect against infections.

________________ are plants or parts of plants like leaves, fruits, tubers, roots, bulbs, stems, shoots, and flower used in a dish either raw or cooked.

What nutrient can be found in vegetables that helps heal cuts and wounds ,and keeps teeth and gums healthy.

• Dietary Fiber

• Folate (folic acid)

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin C

This nutrient from vegetables keeps eyes and skin healthy and helps to protect against infections.

• Diet rich in potassium

• Folate (folic acid)

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin C

Which of the following is classified as gourd family?

• Avocado, Eggplant, Sweet Pepper, Tomato

• Cucumber, Pumpkin, Chayote

• Beet, Carrot, Radish, Turnip

• Cabbage, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Bokchoy

The following vegetables are considered as stalks, stems, and shoots except from one.

• Spinach

• Artichoke

• Asparagus

• Bamboo shoots

Which of the following is fat-rich vegetables?

• Legumes, peas, beans

• Nuts, olives, avocado

• Mushroom, tomatoes, radish

• Seeds, roots, tubers

What is the flavor component of vegetables which forms a product called monosodium glutamate when combined with salt.

• Sugar

• Glutamic Acid

• Sulfur Compounds

• Flavonoids