BIOL 1322 Nutrition & Diet Therapy
Test 1 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
nutrition -
correct answer ✅•the science that studies food and how food
nourishes our body and influences our health
•Nutrition initially was involved in determining what caused
deficiency diseases
health fraud -
correct answer ✅conscious deceit practiced for profit, such as the
promotion of a false or an unproven product or therapy
quackery -
correct answer ✅health fraud; a quack is a person who practices
health fraud
what are the six classes of nutrients? -
correct answer ✅carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals,
water
what are the energy-yielding nutrients? -
correct answer ✅carbohydrates, fats, proteins
,BIOL 1322 Nutrition & Diet Therapy
Test 1 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
nutrients -
correct answer ✅substances obtained from food and used in the
body to promote growth, maintenance, and repair
essential nutrient -
correct answer ✅a nutrient that must be obtained from food
because the body cannot make it for itself
energy -
correct answer ✅the capacity to do work, such as moving or
heating something
each gram of carbohydrate and protein consumed supplies your
body with how many calories? -
correct answer ✅4
each gram of fat provides your body with how many calories? -
correct answer ✅9
, BIOL 1322 Nutrition & Diet Therapy
Test 1 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
what regulates the release of energy and other aspects of
metabolism? -
correct answer ✅vitamins and minerals
Each gram of alcohol supplies your body with how many calories? -
correct answer ✅7
calorie -
correct answer ✅the unit used to measure energy
vitamins -
correct answer ✅organic, or carbon-containing, essential nutrients
that are vital to life but needed only in relatively minute amounts
minerals -
correct answer ✅inorganinc compounds, some of which are
essential nutrients
metabolism -
correct answer ✅collective term for al of the chemical and physical
Test 1 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
nutrition -
correct answer ✅•the science that studies food and how food
nourishes our body and influences our health
•Nutrition initially was involved in determining what caused
deficiency diseases
health fraud -
correct answer ✅conscious deceit practiced for profit, such as the
promotion of a false or an unproven product or therapy
quackery -
correct answer ✅health fraud; a quack is a person who practices
health fraud
what are the six classes of nutrients? -
correct answer ✅carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals,
water
what are the energy-yielding nutrients? -
correct answer ✅carbohydrates, fats, proteins
,BIOL 1322 Nutrition & Diet Therapy
Test 1 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
nutrients -
correct answer ✅substances obtained from food and used in the
body to promote growth, maintenance, and repair
essential nutrient -
correct answer ✅a nutrient that must be obtained from food
because the body cannot make it for itself
energy -
correct answer ✅the capacity to do work, such as moving or
heating something
each gram of carbohydrate and protein consumed supplies your
body with how many calories? -
correct answer ✅4
each gram of fat provides your body with how many calories? -
correct answer ✅9
, BIOL 1322 Nutrition & Diet Therapy
Test 1 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
what regulates the release of energy and other aspects of
metabolism? -
correct answer ✅vitamins and minerals
Each gram of alcohol supplies your body with how many calories? -
correct answer ✅7
calorie -
correct answer ✅the unit used to measure energy
vitamins -
correct answer ✅organic, or carbon-containing, essential nutrients
that are vital to life but needed only in relatively minute amounts
minerals -
correct answer ✅inorganinc compounds, some of which are
essential nutrients
metabolism -
correct answer ✅collective term for al of the chemical and physical
