Amplify Metabolism Review

The space exploration program has hired you for advice on how to keep astronauts healthy in the space shuttle. How can the program's doctors make sure the astronauts’ bodies work well enough to exercise in space?

• The doctors could make sure that the astronauts’ bodies can make enough energy by getting enough sleep.

• The doctors could make sure the astronauts’ stomachs are getting the molecules they need from food and air.

• The doctors could make sure the astronauts’ cells are getting the molecules they need from food and air.

• The doctors could make sure the astronauts’ cells are getting different types of molecules from food.

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4. Some problems with the digestive system make it very difficult for the body to digest enough food. Why would it be harder to exercise when you have a digestion problem like this?

• You would not be able to sleep, which would make you too tired to exercise.

• Your cells would have molecules from air, but would not get enough molecules from food.

• You would need to breathe in a lot more air because your body would have fewer molecules from food.

• You would not get any of the molecules your cells need to exercise.

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5. The test report above shows the level of molecules in different parts of the patient’s body. How would you expect this patient to do on an exercise test?

• Well; his body is working properly.

• Poorly; his digestive system is not combining glucose molecules together for the cells to use.

• Poorly; his digestive system is not breaking down molecules from food into glucose.

• Poorly; his respiratory system is not breaking down oxygen molecules into glucose.

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9. Doctors tested a patient to find out what molecules were in her cells. Her cells contained normal levels of oxygen molecules, low levels of amino acid molecules, and low levels of glucose molecules. Will this patient be able to exercise normally?

• Yes, as long as her cells have enough oxygen, her body will be able to exercise.

• No, her cells need glucose to react with oxygen to release enough energy to exercise.

• No, her cells need amino acids to react with oxygen to release enough energy to exercise.

• No, her cells need glucose to react with amino acids to release enough energy to exercise.

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10. Asthma is a condition in which it can be very hard for a person to breathe in enough air. Would it also be difficult for someone with asthma to exercise?

• No, as long as the person is getting enough sleep, he will make enough energy to exercise.

• No, as long as the person's cells are getting different types of molecules from food, he can still exercise.

• No, the person's cells may not have everything they need, but his body can still exercise normally.

• Yes, it will be difficult for a person with asthma to exercise because his cells need molecules from air.

11. Jamal ate a meal of rice before seeing his doctor. Rice is made of mostly starch molecules. Jamal has been feeling tired a lot, so his doctor gave him a test that found that Jamal’s cells contained normal levels of oxygen and low levels of glucose. Does this explain why Jamal has been feeling tired?

• Yes, Jamal's respiratory system is working, but his digestive system is not turning the oxygen into glucose.

• Yes, Jamal's respiratory system is working, but his digestive system is not breaking down starch molecules into glucose for his cells.

• Yes, Jamal's digestive system is working, but his respiratory system has too much oxygen, so his body stopped making energy.

• No, something else must be wrong with Jamal because his cells have all the molecules they need.

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12. A patient has been eating healthy foods, but her respiratory system is not working as well as it usually does. Can this patient still exercise normally?

• Yes, her body can get everything it needs for energy from molecules in food.

• No, her respiratory system does not have enough oxygen to combine together to release energy.

• No, her cells do not have enough oxygen to react with glucose and release energy.

• No, her cells do not have enough oxygen to react with proteins to release energy.

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Rosa eats a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. Peanut butter contains a lot of protein, and bread is mostly starch. Rosa plans to go for a run later this afternoon. Rosa is breathing normally. She needs the ____ molecules from the air she breathed and ______ molecules from the food she eats. (separate each with a comma NOT "and" )

(a)  

Protein and starch are too big to enter the (a)   system.

We know that cells need (a)   to perform their functions.