Carbohydrates and Proteins Quiz

Sometimes known as blood sugar. The basic source of energy for all living things.

• Starch

• Lactose

• Glucose

• Fructose

Are quick energy sources, but they do not usually supply any other nutrients or fiber.

• Proteins

• Enzymes

• Essential Amino Acids

• Simple Carbohydrates

The stuff in bran cereals that you eat "to keep things moving." It is like a sponge, soaking it up to 15 times its weight in water.

• Soluble fiber

• Insoluble fiber

• Starch

• Simple Carbohydrates

Type of complex carbohydrate supplies the body with long, sustained energy.

• Starch

• Soluble fiber

• Insoluble fiber

• Glucose

This doesn't absorb water; it dissolves in it, forming gummy or gel-like substances

• Insoluble fiber

• Simple Carbohydrates

• Carbohydrates

• Soluble fiber

The body's most preferred source of energy. They make up, by far, the largest volume (60%) of our daily food

• Proteins

• Carbohydrates

• Essential Amino Acids

• Dietary Fiber

An energy-yielding nutrient composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.

• Carbohydrates

• Proteins

• Enzymes

• Nonessential amino acids

Proteins that regulate many body processes (They speed up chemical reactions)

• Complete Proteins

• Enzymes

• Essential Amino Acids

• Nonessential amino acids

These contain all 9 essential amino acids

• Nonessential amino acids

• Essential Amino Acids

• Complete Proteins

• Enzymes

The other 9 amino acids that the body cannot produce

• Essential Amino Acids

• Complete Proteins

• Nonessential amino acids

• Enzymes