ANSC 221 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Declared "Life is a chemical process"; known as "Father of
Nutrition - Answers -Antoine Lavosier
His idea for a feeding experiment using simplified diets resulted in
discovery of the vitamins, and the Golden Age of Nutrition followed - Answers -Dr.
Stephen Babcock
Army doctor made observations of fistula in stomach of Alexio St.
Martin - Answers -Dr. William Beuomont
Which property of water is involved when an animal is cooled by sweating? - Answers -
High latent heat of vaporization
Which property of water is involved in transporting nutrients to cells? - Answers -high
dielectric constant
Which property of water causes a body of water to resist temperature change? -
Answers -high specific heat
Most of the feeds animals eat are composed of which class of nutrient? - Answers -
carbohydrate
Which class of nutrient has the highest energy per gram? - Answers -fats
Which class of nutrient has the most oxygen in each molecule? - Answers -
carbohydrates
Which class of nutrient is analyzed by determining the amount of nitrogen present? -
Answers -proteins
True or False: Plants and animals contain about the same levels of carbohydrate. -
Answers -False - animals contain less
What is a polysaccharide stored in small amounts in animal cells? - Answers -glycogen
What is table sugar? - Answers -sucrose
What is blood sugar? - Answers -glucose
What is a disaccharide composed of two molecules of glucose? - Answers -maltose
What is a polysaccharide consisting of straight chains of glucose? - Answers -amylose
, What is a carbohydrate that is indigestible by enzymes from mammals but can be
partially digested by bacterial enzymes? - Answers -cellulose
What is a substance that although not carbohydrate, is found along with carbohydrates
on analysis that is completely indigestible and interferes with digestion of other
components of the diet? - Answers -lignin
What vitamin is formed from carotene? - Answers -Vitamin A
What vitamin is necessary for normal blood clotting? - Answers -Vitamin K
What vitamin prevents xerophthalmia? - Answers -Vitamin A
What vitamin is not needed by farm animals because they make their own, although
man doesn't? - Answers -Vitamin C
What vitamin prevents pernicious anemia? - Answers -Vitamin B12
What vitamin is 1,25 di-hydroxy-cholecalciferol from 7-dehydrocholestrol or ergosterol? -
Answers -Vitamin D
What vitamin prevents certain birth defects of the neural tube (like spina bifida)? -
Answers -Folic Acid
What vitamin interacts with selenium, so is especially important in our area, and
prevents membrane damage (as in muscular dystrophy) by acting as an antioxidant? -
Answers -Vitamin E
What vitamin is destroyed by thiaminase, so is added in larger amounts in diets
containing fish? - Answers -B1 Thiamin
What vitamin can be gotten from sunlight on the skin? - Answers -Vitamin D
What vitamin is ascorbic acid? - Answers -Vitamin C
What vitamin is d-alpha-tocopherol? - Answers -Vitamin E
What vitamin activity does menadione provide? - Answers -Vitamin K
What vitamin prevents scurvy? - Answers -Vitamin C
What vitamin prevents pellagra? - Answers -Niacin
What vitamin prevents rickets? - Answers -Vitamin D
What vitamin activity is in retinol, retinal, and retinoic acid? - Answers -Vitamin A
Declared "Life is a chemical process"; known as "Father of
Nutrition - Answers -Antoine Lavosier
His idea for a feeding experiment using simplified diets resulted in
discovery of the vitamins, and the Golden Age of Nutrition followed - Answers -Dr.
Stephen Babcock
Army doctor made observations of fistula in stomach of Alexio St.
Martin - Answers -Dr. William Beuomont
Which property of water is involved when an animal is cooled by sweating? - Answers -
High latent heat of vaporization
Which property of water is involved in transporting nutrients to cells? - Answers -high
dielectric constant
Which property of water causes a body of water to resist temperature change? -
Answers -high specific heat
Most of the feeds animals eat are composed of which class of nutrient? - Answers -
carbohydrate
Which class of nutrient has the highest energy per gram? - Answers -fats
Which class of nutrient has the most oxygen in each molecule? - Answers -
carbohydrates
Which class of nutrient is analyzed by determining the amount of nitrogen present? -
Answers -proteins
True or False: Plants and animals contain about the same levels of carbohydrate. -
Answers -False - animals contain less
What is a polysaccharide stored in small amounts in animal cells? - Answers -glycogen
What is table sugar? - Answers -sucrose
What is blood sugar? - Answers -glucose
What is a disaccharide composed of two molecules of glucose? - Answers -maltose
What is a polysaccharide consisting of straight chains of glucose? - Answers -amylose
, What is a carbohydrate that is indigestible by enzymes from mammals but can be
partially digested by bacterial enzymes? - Answers -cellulose
What is a substance that although not carbohydrate, is found along with carbohydrates
on analysis that is completely indigestible and interferes with digestion of other
components of the diet? - Answers -lignin
What vitamin is formed from carotene? - Answers -Vitamin A
What vitamin is necessary for normal blood clotting? - Answers -Vitamin K
What vitamin prevents xerophthalmia? - Answers -Vitamin A
What vitamin is not needed by farm animals because they make their own, although
man doesn't? - Answers -Vitamin C
What vitamin prevents pernicious anemia? - Answers -Vitamin B12
What vitamin is 1,25 di-hydroxy-cholecalciferol from 7-dehydrocholestrol or ergosterol? -
Answers -Vitamin D
What vitamin prevents certain birth defects of the neural tube (like spina bifida)? -
Answers -Folic Acid
What vitamin interacts with selenium, so is especially important in our area, and
prevents membrane damage (as in muscular dystrophy) by acting as an antioxidant? -
Answers -Vitamin E
What vitamin is destroyed by thiaminase, so is added in larger amounts in diets
containing fish? - Answers -B1 Thiamin
What vitamin can be gotten from sunlight on the skin? - Answers -Vitamin D
What vitamin is ascorbic acid? - Answers -Vitamin C
What vitamin is d-alpha-tocopherol? - Answers -Vitamin E
What vitamin activity does menadione provide? - Answers -Vitamin K
What vitamin prevents scurvy? - Answers -Vitamin C
What vitamin prevents pellagra? - Answers -Niacin
What vitamin prevents rickets? - Answers -Vitamin D
What vitamin activity is in retinol, retinal, and retinoic acid? - Answers -Vitamin A
