Vital Nutrients Quiz

How many different types of carbohydrates are there?

• 3

• 4

• 1

• 2

These letters from the alphabet make me up, each having specific roles within the body.

What am I?

• Proteins

• Vitamins

• Minerals

• The ABC's

Experts recommend drinking at least 1.5- 2 liters of me daily for survival instead of soda, coffee, juice and other

beverages.

• Fats

• Kool Aid

• Water

• Minerals

Name the vitamin and health problems that can result from not consuming enough of me before and during pregnancy.

• Vitamin C

• Zinc

• Folate

• Vitamin K

I’m a healthy type of fat found in certain plant and animal proteins.

• Omega 3

• Vitamin B

• Unsaturated Fat

• Butter

This is a type of carbohydrate along with some examples of foods I would eat that would result in the “crash and burn syndrome”

• Complex

  ( Starches)

• Simple

  ( Sugars)

• Fiber

People need this number of minerals on a daily basis and can be found in these types of foods?

• 7

• 100

• 17

• 20

How many nutrients are there?

• 1

• 17

• 6

• 5

If you were eating complex carbohydrates, you would be eating these foods?

• Minerals

• Pasta,whole wheat,corn, vegetables,fruit, beans, and grains

• Water

• Carbs

A severe water deficiency can result in this health risk especially when it’s hot outside.

• Anemia

• Scurvy

• Dehydration

• Sweat