[Best one] HEALTH EXAM (I copied all of the quiz review posts from
the SIS, and answered all the questions and defined all the terms)
What is health? - correct answer The condition that your body or your mind is in
What does it mean to be healthy? - correct answer to live as long and be as happy as possible
Homeostasis - correct answer A set of processes by which an organism maintains a stable
internal environment, Includes ALL of the things an organism does to keep its internal
environment working properly.
Correlation vs. Causation - correct answer Correlation - two things happen at the same time
Causation - one thing makes something else happen
Acute Disease - correct answer A disease that is short, develops quickly, and has distinct
symptoms
Type I Diabetes - correct answer The body does not produce enough insulin
Type II Diabetes - correct answer The body does not respond properly to insulin
Cancer - correct answer A group of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably
Obesity - correct answer A buildup of fat
Coronary Artery Disease - correct answer disease caused by the blockage of one or more
coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart
Cholesterol - correct answer a substance created by the liver used to make hormones and cell
membranes. There are many different kinds.
What health conditions are high levels of LDL cholesterol associated with? - correct answer
Small, dense LDL particles can stick inside the walls of blood vessels and inhibit blood flow and
increase risk of heart attacks
What health conditions are high levels of HDL cholesterol associated with? - correct answer
good health and a low risk of heart attacks
Eating which foods causes HDL to go down? - correct answer Refined sugars, grains, oils
Eating which foods causes HDL to increase? - correct answer grains, fish, beans, oils
Hypertension - correct answer high blood pressure
Blood pressure - correct answer how hard your heart has to work to pump blood throughout
the body
, Blood clot - correct answer a coagulated clump of blood and platelet cells that form to heal
wounds
Stroke - correct answer when blood flow is inhibited to a part of the brain
Insulin Resistance - correct answer Metabolic Syndrome\type two diabetes
How are blood sugar and insulin resistance connected - correct answer if your b.s. is high your
pancreas needs to make insulin to make the b.s. at a normal level
Which diseases are the leading causes of death in the United States? - correct answer Heart
disease, Cancer, Chronic lower respiratory disease, Stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Diabetes
What is a calorie? - correct answer The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1
gram of water by 1 degree Celsius
What is the USDA? - correct answer United States Department of Agriculture
Natural carbohydrate - correct answer Fruits, vegetables, or starches that are in their natural
state
Refined carbohydrate - correct answer Sugars and starches that come from natural sources but
are altered to a form that does not appear in nature
Fiber - correct answer carbohydrates in plants - indigestible to humans - a category of
carbohydrate foods
Monosaccharide - correct answer the simplest form of sugar - one sugar molecule
Disaccharide - correct answer two sugar molecules chained together
Polysaccharide - correct answer three or more sugar molecules chained together
Polyunsaturated fat molecule - correct answer found in plant products - some people think that
they are healthy, others disagree (two or more CC double bonds)
What are Omega-3 fatty acids found in? - correct answer naturally occurring foods like fish,
nuts, seeds, and olive oil
What are Omega 6 fatty acids found in? - correct answer processed vegetable oils, baked
goods, and fried foods
Monounsaturated fat molecule - correct answer found in plant and animal products and is
healthy (one CC double bond)
Saturated fat molecule - correct answer No CC double bonds
Trans fat molecule - correct answer an unsaturated fat that has been chemically modified to
increase its shelf life and to make it solid at room temperature
the SIS, and answered all the questions and defined all the terms)
What is health? - correct answer The condition that your body or your mind is in
What does it mean to be healthy? - correct answer to live as long and be as happy as possible
Homeostasis - correct answer A set of processes by which an organism maintains a stable
internal environment, Includes ALL of the things an organism does to keep its internal
environment working properly.
Correlation vs. Causation - correct answer Correlation - two things happen at the same time
Causation - one thing makes something else happen
Acute Disease - correct answer A disease that is short, develops quickly, and has distinct
symptoms
Type I Diabetes - correct answer The body does not produce enough insulin
Type II Diabetes - correct answer The body does not respond properly to insulin
Cancer - correct answer A group of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably
Obesity - correct answer A buildup of fat
Coronary Artery Disease - correct answer disease caused by the blockage of one or more
coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart
Cholesterol - correct answer a substance created by the liver used to make hormones and cell
membranes. There are many different kinds.
What health conditions are high levels of LDL cholesterol associated with? - correct answer
Small, dense LDL particles can stick inside the walls of blood vessels and inhibit blood flow and
increase risk of heart attacks
What health conditions are high levels of HDL cholesterol associated with? - correct answer
good health and a low risk of heart attacks
Eating which foods causes HDL to go down? - correct answer Refined sugars, grains, oils
Eating which foods causes HDL to increase? - correct answer grains, fish, beans, oils
Hypertension - correct answer high blood pressure
Blood pressure - correct answer how hard your heart has to work to pump blood throughout
the body
, Blood clot - correct answer a coagulated clump of blood and platelet cells that form to heal
wounds
Stroke - correct answer when blood flow is inhibited to a part of the brain
Insulin Resistance - correct answer Metabolic Syndrome\type two diabetes
How are blood sugar and insulin resistance connected - correct answer if your b.s. is high your
pancreas needs to make insulin to make the b.s. at a normal level
Which diseases are the leading causes of death in the United States? - correct answer Heart
disease, Cancer, Chronic lower respiratory disease, Stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Diabetes
What is a calorie? - correct answer The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1
gram of water by 1 degree Celsius
What is the USDA? - correct answer United States Department of Agriculture
Natural carbohydrate - correct answer Fruits, vegetables, or starches that are in their natural
state
Refined carbohydrate - correct answer Sugars and starches that come from natural sources but
are altered to a form that does not appear in nature
Fiber - correct answer carbohydrates in plants - indigestible to humans - a category of
carbohydrate foods
Monosaccharide - correct answer the simplest form of sugar - one sugar molecule
Disaccharide - correct answer two sugar molecules chained together
Polysaccharide - correct answer three or more sugar molecules chained together
Polyunsaturated fat molecule - correct answer found in plant products - some people think that
they are healthy, others disagree (two or more CC double bonds)
What are Omega-3 fatty acids found in? - correct answer naturally occurring foods like fish,
nuts, seeds, and olive oil
What are Omega 6 fatty acids found in? - correct answer processed vegetable oils, baked
goods, and fried foods
Monounsaturated fat molecule - correct answer found in plant and animal products and is
healthy (one CC double bond)
Saturated fat molecule - correct answer No CC double bonds
Trans fat molecule - correct answer an unsaturated fat that has been chemically modified to
increase its shelf life and to make it solid at room temperature
