Nutrition NDFS 100 BYU EXAM 2
Questions All Solved Correct 2026
Updated.
What are the functions of fat in the body? - Answer fuel storage, cushion, temperature
regulation, cell membrane, transport and raw material, hormone synthesis, nerve impulse
What are the functions of fat in food? - Answer concentrated calories, fat-soluble vitamins,
aroma, flavor, texture, tenderness, satiety
True or False: Fat is the bodies major form of stored energy - Answer true
T or F: Fat forms the major material of the cell membranes - Answer true
T or F: Fat provides no nutrients - Answer False; it provides essential fatty acids, fat-soluble
vitamins, and other needed compounds.
What are the three types of lipids? - Answer triglycerides, phospholipids, sterols
What is another name for triglycerides? - Answer fatty acids
What is the structure of a triglyceride? - Answer 3 fatty acids + 1 glycerol molecule
In what two ways do fatty acids differ from one another? - Answer chain length and degree
of saturation
T or F: the shorter chain fatty acids or more unsaturated ones are harder - Answer False;
they are softer
What do fatty acids in food do? - Answer Influence the composition of fats in the body
What does it mean when a fatty acid is saturated? - Answer every available bond from the
carbon chain is holding a hydrogen atom
What does it mean when a fatty acid is unsaturated? - Answer the fatty acid carbon chain
has a place where hydrogens are missing
, What is it called on a carbon chain where a hydrogen is missing? - Answer point of
unsaturation
What is a monounsaturated fatty acid? - Answer the carbon chain contains just one point of
unsaturation
What is a polyunsaturated fatty acid? - Answer the carbon chain contains two or more points
of unsaturation
What is polyunsaturated often abbreviated as? - Answer PUFA
T or F: The more carbon atoms in a fatty acid, the longer it is - Answer True
T or F: The more hydrogen atoms attached to the carbons in a fatty acid, the more saturated the
fatty acid is - Answer True
What type of fatty acid is this? - Answer saturated
What type of fatty acid is this? - Answer polyunsaturated
What does the degree of saturation in a fatty acid of a fat determine? - Answer the fat's
softness or hardness
What does it mean if a glyceride is solid at room temperature? - Answer it contains more
saturated fat
What does it mean if a glyceride is liquid at room temperature? - Answer it contains less
saturated fat
T or F: fluid milk is a solid fat - Answer True
What is an essential Fatty Acid? - Answer fatty acids that the body needs but cannot make
What are the four types of fatty acids? - Answer saturated, monunsaturated, polyunsatured,
trans
what are the properties of saturated fatty acids? - Answer solid at room temp.
Questions All Solved Correct 2026
Updated.
What are the functions of fat in the body? - Answer fuel storage, cushion, temperature
regulation, cell membrane, transport and raw material, hormone synthesis, nerve impulse
What are the functions of fat in food? - Answer concentrated calories, fat-soluble vitamins,
aroma, flavor, texture, tenderness, satiety
True or False: Fat is the bodies major form of stored energy - Answer true
T or F: Fat forms the major material of the cell membranes - Answer true
T or F: Fat provides no nutrients - Answer False; it provides essential fatty acids, fat-soluble
vitamins, and other needed compounds.
What are the three types of lipids? - Answer triglycerides, phospholipids, sterols
What is another name for triglycerides? - Answer fatty acids
What is the structure of a triglyceride? - Answer 3 fatty acids + 1 glycerol molecule
In what two ways do fatty acids differ from one another? - Answer chain length and degree
of saturation
T or F: the shorter chain fatty acids or more unsaturated ones are harder - Answer False;
they are softer
What do fatty acids in food do? - Answer Influence the composition of fats in the body
What does it mean when a fatty acid is saturated? - Answer every available bond from the
carbon chain is holding a hydrogen atom
What does it mean when a fatty acid is unsaturated? - Answer the fatty acid carbon chain
has a place where hydrogens are missing
, What is it called on a carbon chain where a hydrogen is missing? - Answer point of
unsaturation
What is a monounsaturated fatty acid? - Answer the carbon chain contains just one point of
unsaturation
What is a polyunsaturated fatty acid? - Answer the carbon chain contains two or more points
of unsaturation
What is polyunsaturated often abbreviated as? - Answer PUFA
T or F: The more carbon atoms in a fatty acid, the longer it is - Answer True
T or F: The more hydrogen atoms attached to the carbons in a fatty acid, the more saturated the
fatty acid is - Answer True
What type of fatty acid is this? - Answer saturated
What type of fatty acid is this? - Answer polyunsaturated
What does the degree of saturation in a fatty acid of a fat determine? - Answer the fat's
softness or hardness
What does it mean if a glyceride is solid at room temperature? - Answer it contains more
saturated fat
What does it mean if a glyceride is liquid at room temperature? - Answer it contains less
saturated fat
T or F: fluid milk is a solid fat - Answer True
What is an essential Fatty Acid? - Answer fatty acids that the body needs but cannot make
What are the four types of fatty acids? - Answer saturated, monunsaturated, polyunsatured,
trans
what are the properties of saturated fatty acids? - Answer solid at room temp.
