CK-12: Food & Nutrients

1. When the body is not getting enough nutrients to grow and stay healthy, that is called what?

• Being hungry

• Nutrients

• Malnutrition

• Diet

2. Which is not a reason your body needs food?

• To get substances that help control your body.

• To obtain energy

• To help you sleep better

• To get building blocks for your body

3. Which of the following are types of nutrients?

• Vitamins and Minerals

• Lipids and Fats

• Carbohydrates and Sugars

• Proteins and Amino acids

• All of the above.

4. Animals get nutrition by eating plants and/or other animals.

• True

• False

5. Heterotrophs have the ability to produce their own food.

• True

• False

6. Humans are

• autotrophic

• heterotrophic

• both autotrophic and heterotrophic

• neither autotrophic nor heterotrophic

7. The following are types of heterotrophs except for

• dog

• tree

• mushroom

• tapeworm

8. Photosynthesis provides us with the carbon dioxide we need to breathe.

• True

• False

9.Heterotrophic Nutrition can be classified as all of the following except what?

• Saprophytic

• Photosynthetic

• Holozoic

• Parasitic

10. The Alimentary canal is specifically adapted for digestion and absorption of food that extends from the mouth to the stomach.

• True

• False