Plant and Food Science Quiz

What happens when humans eat plants? How do we use the glucose made by plants to fuel our body?

• The glucose is stored as fat.

• The glucose is used for cellular respiration to produce energy.

• The glucose is excreted from the body.

• The glucose is converted into proteins.

Food: A Source of New Molecules for the Body Food as ____________ _________

• Food as energy source

• Food as a waste product

• Food as a decorative item

• Food as a storage unit

Food: A Source of New Molecules for the Body Food as __________

• Food as building material

• Food as energy source

• Food as waste product

• Food as flavor enhancer

All living things need food. Plants make their own food through photosynthesis (__________). Animals get food by eating other living things (______________).

• photosynthesis (autotrophs), eating other living things (heterotrophs)

• photosynthesis (heterotrophs), eating other living things (autotrophs)

• photosynthesis (autotrophs), eating other living things (photosynthesis)

• photosynthesis (heterotrophs), eating other living things (photosynthesis)

Some important food molecules are __________, __________, and __________. These all contain carbon atoms.

• sugar

• proteins

• fats

• vitamins

• minerals

Which of the products that plant makes has carbon atoms?

• Oxygen

• Glucose

• Water

• Minerals

In animals, large food molecules are broken down into smaller molecules during __________. These smaller molecules eventually make it inside __________. Here, __________ reactions __________ the molecules’ atoms, forming new molecules.

• broken down during digestion, make it inside cells, chemical reactions rearrange

• broken down during respiration, make it inside tissues, physical reactions rearrange

• broken down during absorption, make it inside organs, chemical reactions combine

• broken down during circulation, make it inside blood, enzymatic reactions rearrange

Many of these new molecules can become part of an organism's _________ and __________. This helps the organism grow __________ and stay healthy.

• Cells, tissues, properly

• Organs, systems, quickly

• Bones, muscles, slowly

• Fluids, enzymes, efficiently

Does what we eat matter?

• Yes, it affects our health.

• No, it doesn't matter.

• Only if you have dietary restrictions.

• It depends on personal beliefs.

Other molecules from food are used for __________. This occurs through the process of _________ _____________.

• Energy, cellular respiration

• Storage, photosynthesis

• Growth, fermentation

• Repair, digestion