Portage Nutrition BIOD 121 Exam 1 with
correct answers
True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
Nutritional value and taste are often the 2 most important reasons specific
foods are consumed in North America. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False:
Taste and texture are often the 2 most important reasons specific foods are
consumed in North America.
True or False: Nutrition is the science that links foods to health and disease. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔True
Explain the difference between Internal and External drives that influence our
desire to eat. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The internal drive is hunger and is
associated with negative sensations like churning, growling and pain in the
stomach. External drives have to do with appetite and are associated with
positive food sensations and lead us to eat when we are not hungry.
You are at an "all you can eat'' buffet. On the first pass through the line, you fill
your plate with a large quantity of foods. After eating it, you go back for a
second portion of the foods you liked. However, the food is less appealing the
second time around, and you place a smaller quantity on your plate because
you feel full. Considering the physiology as you eat, (1) explain what hormones
are released (list specifically) as the stomach stretches. (2) List the area of the
brain that provides neural regulation and appetite suppression to inhibit
eating. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔As the stomach is filled and stretches,
hormones are released that cause satiety (Leptin, serotonin, cholecystokinin
, (CCK). These hormones can travel to the brain (hypothalamus) and activate
the satiety center.
1. The hormones being released as the stomach stretches is leptin, seratonin,
and CCK. These hormones decrease hunger, in specific leptin. They acitvate
the satiety center in the brain which creates a sense of fullness.
2. The area of the brain that provides nerual regulation and appetite
suppression to inhibit eating is the satiety center.
A _________ is a substance that can promote growth and development,
maintain tissues and cells, fuel the body for physical and metabolic work, or
regulate a body process. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nutrient
Macronutrient - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔needed in large amounts in the
body
Micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔needed in small amounts
organic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A compound that contains carbon and
hydrogen
inorganic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any substance that does not contain
carbon
True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
correct answers
True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
Nutritional value and taste are often the 2 most important reasons specific
foods are consumed in North America. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False:
Taste and texture are often the 2 most important reasons specific foods are
consumed in North America.
True or False: Nutrition is the science that links foods to health and disease. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔True
Explain the difference between Internal and External drives that influence our
desire to eat. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The internal drive is hunger and is
associated with negative sensations like churning, growling and pain in the
stomach. External drives have to do with appetite and are associated with
positive food sensations and lead us to eat when we are not hungry.
You are at an "all you can eat'' buffet. On the first pass through the line, you fill
your plate with a large quantity of foods. After eating it, you go back for a
second portion of the foods you liked. However, the food is less appealing the
second time around, and you place a smaller quantity on your plate because
you feel full. Considering the physiology as you eat, (1) explain what hormones
are released (list specifically) as the stomach stretches. (2) List the area of the
brain that provides neural regulation and appetite suppression to inhibit
eating. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔As the stomach is filled and stretches,
hormones are released that cause satiety (Leptin, serotonin, cholecystokinin
, (CCK). These hormones can travel to the brain (hypothalamus) and activate
the satiety center.
1. The hormones being released as the stomach stretches is leptin, seratonin,
and CCK. These hormones decrease hunger, in specific leptin. They acitvate
the satiety center in the brain which creates a sense of fullness.
2. The area of the brain that provides nerual regulation and appetite
suppression to inhibit eating is the satiety center.
A _________ is a substance that can promote growth and development,
maintain tissues and cells, fuel the body for physical and metabolic work, or
regulate a body process. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nutrient
Macronutrient - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔needed in large amounts in the
body
Micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔needed in small amounts
organic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A compound that contains carbon and
hydrogen
inorganic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any substance that does not contain
carbon
True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
