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Nutrition

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Molecules that combine to form proteins. “The building blocks of life.”

(a)  

2.

A condition in which you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to your body’s tissues. Can make you feel tired/weak.

a)

Anemia

b)

Overnutrition

c)

Foodborne illness

d)

Hyponatremia

e)

Diabetes

3.

Sugar molecules; one of the three main nutrients found in food/drinks. provide energy to the body, regulate blood glucose, help with the breakdown of fatty acids

(a)  

4.

a fat that is essential for good health; helps build cell walls and body tissues.

(a)  

5.

When you use or lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn’t have enough water/fluids to carry out its normal functions.

(a)  

6.

An excess of water in the body, usually caused by a disorder that decreases the body’s ability to excrete water or increases the body’s tendency to retain it

(a)  

7.

Why is Overhydration rare?

4 lines
8.

a thin, threadlike structure that combines to form animal or plant tissue, or a thin, threadlike structure made synthetically or from minerals

a)

Fiber

b)

Cholesterol

c)

Glucose

9.

Fiber can/is-

a)

lower blood cholesterol and glucose levels

b)

Found in oats, peas, beans, apples, citrus fruits, carrots, barley

c)

builds cell walls and body tissues

d)

change food into energy

10.

Difference Between Soluble and Insoluble Fiber

(a)  

11.

the main sugar found in your blood

a)

Fiber

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Vitamins

d)

Glucose

e)

Sugar

12.

a substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates

(a)  

13.

a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action. (tells the body what do; long term compared to nerves)

(a)  

14.

a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound required to perform life functions. -- Vitamins

a)

True

b)

False: Minerals

c)

False: Glucose

d)

False: Fiber

15.

a person who does not eat any food derived from animals, including, for example, milk: Vegetarian

a)

True

b)

False: Vegan

c)

False: Pescatarian

16.

a person who does not eat meat but does eat fish: --- Vegan

a)

True

b)

False: Vegetarian

c)

False: Pescatarian

17.

They dont eat meat but they do eat other animal products

(a)  

18.

Some times they're vegan and some times they're vegetarian and some times they eat animal products

(a)  

19.

What are the 6 major nutrients lol

(a)  

20.

The study of nutrients

a)

Nutrition

b)

Nutrient

c)

Nutritionist

21.

A person who studies nutrients

a)

Nurtients

b)

Nutritionist

c)

Nutrition

22.

causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses such as bending over or coughing can cause a fracture

a)

Metabolism

b)

Osteoporosis

c)

Foodborne illness

d)

Undernutrition

e)

Monosaccharides

23.

Osteoporosis usually happens in

a)

Hip

b)

Wrist

c)

Spine

d)

Stomach

24.

build and repair muscles and bones and to make hormones and enzymes.

(a)  

25.

Saturated Fat/Trans Fat are typically (a)  

26.

Unsaturated Fats

(a)  

27.

any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body

a)

Fiber

b)

Vitamins

c)

Minerals

d)

Fats

28.

Vitamins A, D, E, K

(a)  

29.

why do we always need to fricken consume Water-Soluble Vitamin

4 lines
30.

Calories are

(a)  

31.

Excess energy (calories) in the body turn into

(a)  

32.

The chemical reactions in the body’s cells that change food into energy.

(a)  

33.

contain vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates, lean protein, and healthy fats

(a)  

34.

5 examples of Nutrient Dense Food

4 lines
35.

calories derived from food containing no nutrients

(a)  

36.

the proteins found in bread

(a)  

37.

Gluten:

a)

helps foods maintain their shape

b)

is the amount of energy in a food

c)

found in bread wheat rye barley

d)

regulates the amount of glucose in the body

38.

a carbohydrate (e.g. starch, cellulose, or glycogen) whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together

a)

Monosaccharides

b)

Polysaccharides

c)

Lipid

39.

any of the classes of sugars (e.g., glucose) that cannot be hydrolyzed to give a simpler sugar

a)

Glucose

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Monosaccharides

d)

Polysaccharides

40.

any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. They include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids. ANOTHER WORD FOR FATS LOL

(a)  

41.

any of a class of organic compounds that are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. They include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids

(a)  

42.

sport beverages contain _______ such as ________ to restore energy

a)

electrolytes; sodium, potassium, chloride, lotsa sugar

b)

electrolytes; glucose, vitamins, sodium

c)

electrolytes: sodium, potassium, chlorine, glucose

d)

electrolytes; potassium, lotsa sugar, fiber

43.

a purified liquid that underwent heating and condensation

(a)  

44.

occurs when the concentration of sodium in your blood is abnormally low

a)

Hyponatremia

b)

Monosaccharides

c)

Anemia

d)

Foodborne illness

45.

a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood

(a)  

46.

an enzyme found in saliva, it breaks down food in ur mouth

(a)  

47.

low-density lipoprotein, the "bad" cholesterol. High levels raise your risk for heart disease and stroke

(a)  

48.

LDL

a)

Low Density Lipoprotein

b)

Low Density Lipids

c)

The good cholesterol

d)

The bad cholesterol

49.

high-density lipoprotein, the "good" cholesterol; Lowers your risk for heart disease and stroke

(a)  

50.

HDL

a)

High Density Lipoprotein

b)

High Density Lipids

c)

The good cholesterol

d)

The bad cholesterol

e)

Highly Distilled Lipoprotein

51.

an expert on diet and nutrition

(a)  

52.

the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food

(a)  

53.

a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services

(a)  

54.

a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy

(a)  

55.

the diabetes in which the pancreas produces little to no insulin

a)

Type 1

b)

Type 2

c)

Type 3

56.

the diabetes that affects the way the body processes blood sugar and is more common

a)

Type 1

b)

Type 2

c)

Type 3

57.

is there a type 3 diabetes

a)

no lol

b)

yes ofc

c)

yes?

d)

no because it's called something else