NUTR 280 EXAM 2 NEW VERSION THIS YEAR WITH 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

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NUTR 280 EXAM 2 NEW VERSION THIS YEAR
WITH 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS


Question: What is the most important monosaccharide in the human body? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Glucose




Question: Why is glucose the most important monosaccharide in the human body? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔It is the primary fuel for muscle and other cells. Under normal conditions, red
blood cells, and nervous system cells burn mostly glucose for energy.




Question: food sources for glucose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔fruits and vegetables




Question: Fructose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔"fruit sugar" - sweetest of the monosaccharides




Question: What are fructose sources? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔fruit, honey, few vegetables,
component of table sugar and any products containing high-fructose corn syrup




Question: Some liver cells can convert _______ to ________ or fat. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Fructose, glucose

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Question: Galactose is commonly found in foods, true or false - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE-
galactose is NOT commonly found in foods




Question: Galactose (a monosaccharide) is an important component of _______ (a
disaccharide) which is found in _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Lactose, cow's milk and
products




Question: All disaccharides contain at least one ______ molecule. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔glucose

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Question: The metabolic process by which plants trap energy from the sun and use it to make
sugars from carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H20) is called - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔photosynthesis




Question: Significance of chlorophyll (green pigment in plants) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔captures
the sun's energy




Question: Transfer of the suns energy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Light energy ("captured" energy
of the sun) becomes the capture energy of bonds that allow H2O & CO2 to combine and form
glucose, a single sugar. These bonds hold the six atoms of carbon together.




Question: during photosynthesis, what absorbs carbon dioxide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔the
leaves




Question: where do plants get their energy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔glucose




Question: how do plants get their energy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The breaking of bonds
between water and CO2 releases energy




Question: Carbohydrate (CHO) defined - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔class of nutrients that is a major
source of energy for the body

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Question: Sources of CHOs are mainly plant-derived, except for... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔cow's
milk and products made from such. Only animal-derived food that contains a large amount of
lactose.




Question: What are the 6 simple CHOs important in nutrition? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Glucose,
fructose, galactose, lactose, sucrose, maltose




Question: What is the simplest type of sugar? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Monosaccharide




Question: Lactose = ______ + ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔glucose + galactose, aka "milk
sugar"




Question: Sucrose = ______ + ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔glucose + fructose, aka "table
sugar"




Question: Sucrose is found naturally in some foods. These foods include ______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔honey, maple syrup, carrots, and pineapple