HLT 230 Chapter 9 Test Questions
with All Correct Answers
Which of the following foods isn't a good source of magnesium?
Chocolate
White bread
Leafy greens
Beans - Answer ✅ White bread
Paige is 6-weeks pregnant. Although Paige drank alcohol before she became pregnant,
she refuses to drink any alcohol now, because she does not want to have a baby born
with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
cirrhotic liver disease.
pancreatic cancer.
hepatitis. - Answer ✅ fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Jared is a vegan (total vegetarian). He can increase his intestinal tract's ability to absorb
iron in his diet by combining iron-rich plant foods with sources of
calcium.
vitamin C.
vitamin A.
copper. - Answer ✅ vitamin C.
____ helps the body maintain normal fluid balance.
Copper
Fluoride
Iron
Sodium - Answer ✅ Sodium
Which of the following minerals is necessary for proper muscle contraction?
Aluminum
Selenium
Calcium
Cesium - Answer ✅ Calcium
, In the human body, water is needed to
transport substances.
provide energy to fuel cellular activity.
protect DNA from free radical damage.
make glucose from fatty acids. - Answer ✅ transport substances.
Constance is making a vegetable soup that contains carrots, beans, water, salt, pepper,
bits of ham, and onions. The soup has to cook for 4 hours. While the soup is cooking,
what will happen to some of the minerals that are in its ingredients?
Cooking the soup's ingredients for this extensive amount of time will enable the minerals
to become antioxidants.
The minerals will leach out of the food and into the cooking water, becoming part of the
soup in the process.
The relatively high temperature that's needed to cook the soup will destroy the iron,
phosphorus, and sulfur in the vegetables.
The minerals will leach out of the ham and vegetables and lose their natural
bioavailability. - Answer ✅ The minerals will leach out of the food and into the cooking
water, becoming part of the soup in the process.
Your body uses copper to make
essential fatty acids.
hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
several enzymes that have antioxidant function.
glucose from cholesterol molecules that are stored in liver cells. - Answer ✅ several
enzymes that have antioxidant function.
For the past 4 years, 23-year-old Maggie has been losing a lot of blood during her
menstrual periods. She reports feeling tired all of the time. Based on this information,
which of the following conditions is she most likely to develop?
Goiter
Cretinism
Osteoporosis
Iron deficiency - Answer ✅ Iron deficiency
____ is a trace mineral in your body.
Phosphorus
Zinc
Calcium
Potassium - Answer ✅ Zinc
with All Correct Answers
Which of the following foods isn't a good source of magnesium?
Chocolate
White bread
Leafy greens
Beans - Answer ✅ White bread
Paige is 6-weeks pregnant. Although Paige drank alcohol before she became pregnant,
she refuses to drink any alcohol now, because she does not want to have a baby born
with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
cirrhotic liver disease.
pancreatic cancer.
hepatitis. - Answer ✅ fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Jared is a vegan (total vegetarian). He can increase his intestinal tract's ability to absorb
iron in his diet by combining iron-rich plant foods with sources of
calcium.
vitamin C.
vitamin A.
copper. - Answer ✅ vitamin C.
____ helps the body maintain normal fluid balance.
Copper
Fluoride
Iron
Sodium - Answer ✅ Sodium
Which of the following minerals is necessary for proper muscle contraction?
Aluminum
Selenium
Calcium
Cesium - Answer ✅ Calcium
, In the human body, water is needed to
transport substances.
provide energy to fuel cellular activity.
protect DNA from free radical damage.
make glucose from fatty acids. - Answer ✅ transport substances.
Constance is making a vegetable soup that contains carrots, beans, water, salt, pepper,
bits of ham, and onions. The soup has to cook for 4 hours. While the soup is cooking,
what will happen to some of the minerals that are in its ingredients?
Cooking the soup's ingredients for this extensive amount of time will enable the minerals
to become antioxidants.
The minerals will leach out of the food and into the cooking water, becoming part of the
soup in the process.
The relatively high temperature that's needed to cook the soup will destroy the iron,
phosphorus, and sulfur in the vegetables.
The minerals will leach out of the ham and vegetables and lose their natural
bioavailability. - Answer ✅ The minerals will leach out of the food and into the cooking
water, becoming part of the soup in the process.
Your body uses copper to make
essential fatty acids.
hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
several enzymes that have antioxidant function.
glucose from cholesterol molecules that are stored in liver cells. - Answer ✅ several
enzymes that have antioxidant function.
For the past 4 years, 23-year-old Maggie has been losing a lot of blood during her
menstrual periods. She reports feeling tired all of the time. Based on this information,
which of the following conditions is she most likely to develop?
Goiter
Cretinism
Osteoporosis
Iron deficiency - Answer ✅ Iron deficiency
____ is a trace mineral in your body.
Phosphorus
Zinc
Calcium
Potassium - Answer ✅ Zinc
