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WorksheetsCarbs, lipids, and proteins
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Carbohydrates are responsible for:
Providing us vitamins and hope.
Providing us energy and support.
Providing us proteins and lipids.
Providing us structure and moral fiber.
Simple carbohydrates can also be called:
Monosaccharides.
Aminoacids.
Starch.
Polysaccharides.
What happens to the excess of simple carbs that our body absorbs?
It is eliminated in our feces.
It goes into our blood stream.
It is transformed into fat.
It helps us form our exoskeleton.
Complex carbs are:
A very big molecule, different from any other simple carb.
Absorbed really fast by our organism.
Found in all types of candy.
Several simple carbs molecules connected to each other and forming a line.
What is the role of insulin?
To facilitate the entry of simple carbs into our cells.
To eliminate simple carbs from our body.
To break complex carbs into simple carbs molecules.
To take simple carbs molecules out of the cell.
Proteins are essential for life and are NOT responsible for:
Structural mechanisms.
Defensive mechanisms.
Catalytic mechanisms.
Energy storage.
How many different amino acids exist?
10
15
20
25
Amino acids are the proteins building blocks.
True.
False.
Natural amino acids are the ones that we can't produce by ourselves.
True.
False.
Essential amino acids are the ones that we can't produce and need to be obtained by the food we ingest.
True.
False.
The hemoglobin is a protein responsible for:
System defense by producing antibodies.
Transport processes to move oxygen through our body.
Catalytic processes by speeding up reactions in our body.
Structural processes, like forming our nose and ears.
Enzymes are responsible for:
Transport processes to move oxygen through our body.
System defense by producing antibodies.
Catalytic processes by speeding up reactions in our body.
Structural processes, like forming our nose and ears.
Antibodies are a type of protein produced by white blood cells.
True.
False.
Lipids are responsible for:
Energy storage, producing hormones and forming our cells membrane.
Forming the cell wall in plants and exoskeleton in insects.
Forming our nose and ears.
Producing ear wax and enzymes.
What is the correct option regarding saturated and unsaturated fat?
Saturated fat is liquid at room temperature and is not healthy for us.
Saturated fat is solid at room temperature and is healthy for us.
Unsaturated fat is solid at room temperature and is usually healthy for us.
Unsaturated fat is liquid at room temperature and is often healthy for us.
Which one of the options below helps us make our cells membrane?
Fat.
Hormones.
Phospholipids.
Steroids.
Which of the options below is NOT an example of wax produced by living beings?
Nails.
Ear wax.
Plant leaves.
Beehives.
Which of the options below best represents the presence of testosterone and estrogen in humans.
Testosterone is only produced by males.
Both genders produce those hormones, but in different quantities.
The human species does not produce testosterone or estrogen.
Estrogen is only produced by the female.
Lipids are hydrophobic molecules.
True.
False.
The bad type of cholesterol can clog blood vessels.
True.
False.
