NUSCTX 104 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
GRADED A+ | NEW UPDATE 2025
Nutrigenomics - ANSWER The relationship between genes and diet
Diet - ANSWER Individually what someone eats
Cuisine - ANSWER Collectively what a population eats
Physical Environment - ANSWER Why do we grow what we do? Climate, soil,
water, plant life, animal life.
Socioeconomic environment - ANSWER Broader economic and political
environment affects access to food.
Sociocultural Environment - ANSWER Technology, social organization, and
ideology
Technology - ANSWER A society's technology interacts with other aspects of
culture (ex. fire)
Social Organization - ANSWER Norms that regulate relationships and, in turn,
access to food.
,Family - ANSWER Important economic unit responsible for producing and
distributing food.
Ideology - ANSWER Accepted definition of what is food. Possibly shaped by
religion, symbolism.
Sodium intake - ANSWER High and very low sodium intake correlated with CVD
Evolution - ANSWER Developing a new characteristic
Adaptation - ANSWER Fine-tuning a characteristic
Humans are... - ANSWER Opportunistic omnivores
SAD - ANSWER Standard American Diet: Processed foods, added sugars,
sedentary lifestyle, high levels of omega-6 vs omega-3.
Microbiome - ANSWER Gut bacteria that have evolved with human and dietary
evolution. Symbiotic relationship.
Evolution of humans - ANSWER C/N isotopes in bones and teeth, tooth
morphology, dietary behavior of other primates, bones/shells next to hominid
bones, locomotion and skeletal anatomy.
, Ardipithecus group - ANSWER 7-4 mya, closest link to other primates
Australopithecus group - ANSWER 4-2 mya, walked upright regularly, climbed
trees
Parathropus group - ANSWER 3-1 mya, large teeth, powerful jaws
Homo group - ANSWER 2.5 mya, larger brains, tools, expanded beyond Africa
The Expensive Tissue hypothesis - ANSWER Big brains, small guts: Brains are
greedy for glucose, human brain uses 20% of BMR
Man-the-Hunter hypothesis - ANSWER Human physiology started to change
about 2 mya due to increased caloric density from meat
The Cooking hypothesis - ANSWER Cooking increases overall energy obtained
from that food by making digestion easier
Homo sapiens - ANSWER 200,000ya-present, Africa to worldwide, lived
through Paleolithic area
Paleolithic era - ANSWER 2.5mya-12,000ya, characterized by development of
stone tools, hunter-gatherer societies, low population density.
Neolithic era - ANSWER 12,000ya, aka "agricultural revolution" domestication
of plants and animals
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
GRADED A+ | NEW UPDATE 2025
Nutrigenomics - ANSWER The relationship between genes and diet
Diet - ANSWER Individually what someone eats
Cuisine - ANSWER Collectively what a population eats
Physical Environment - ANSWER Why do we grow what we do? Climate, soil,
water, plant life, animal life.
Socioeconomic environment - ANSWER Broader economic and political
environment affects access to food.
Sociocultural Environment - ANSWER Technology, social organization, and
ideology
Technology - ANSWER A society's technology interacts with other aspects of
culture (ex. fire)
Social Organization - ANSWER Norms that regulate relationships and, in turn,
access to food.
,Family - ANSWER Important economic unit responsible for producing and
distributing food.
Ideology - ANSWER Accepted definition of what is food. Possibly shaped by
religion, symbolism.
Sodium intake - ANSWER High and very low sodium intake correlated with CVD
Evolution - ANSWER Developing a new characteristic
Adaptation - ANSWER Fine-tuning a characteristic
Humans are... - ANSWER Opportunistic omnivores
SAD - ANSWER Standard American Diet: Processed foods, added sugars,
sedentary lifestyle, high levels of omega-6 vs omega-3.
Microbiome - ANSWER Gut bacteria that have evolved with human and dietary
evolution. Symbiotic relationship.
Evolution of humans - ANSWER C/N isotopes in bones and teeth, tooth
morphology, dietary behavior of other primates, bones/shells next to hominid
bones, locomotion and skeletal anatomy.
, Ardipithecus group - ANSWER 7-4 mya, closest link to other primates
Australopithecus group - ANSWER 4-2 mya, walked upright regularly, climbed
trees
Parathropus group - ANSWER 3-1 mya, large teeth, powerful jaws
Homo group - ANSWER 2.5 mya, larger brains, tools, expanded beyond Africa
The Expensive Tissue hypothesis - ANSWER Big brains, small guts: Brains are
greedy for glucose, human brain uses 20% of BMR
Man-the-Hunter hypothesis - ANSWER Human physiology started to change
about 2 mya due to increased caloric density from meat
The Cooking hypothesis - ANSWER Cooking increases overall energy obtained
from that food by making digestion easier
Homo sapiens - ANSWER 200,000ya-present, Africa to worldwide, lived
through Paleolithic area
Paleolithic era - ANSWER 2.5mya-12,000ya, characterized by development of
stone tools, hunter-gatherer societies, low population density.
Neolithic era - ANSWER 12,000ya, aka "agricultural revolution" domestication
of plants and animals
