BIOD 121 Nutrition Exams Questions
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True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
Nutritional value and taste are often the 2 most important reasons
specific foods are consumed in North America.
Correct Answer:
False
Explanation
Taste and texture are the 2 most important reasons
True or False
Nutrition is the science that links foods to health and disease.
Correct Answer:
True
True or false:
Minerals contain both water and fat soluble forms
Correct Answer:
False: VITAMINS
,True or false. If false, explain why it is false.
Minerals promote growth and development, maintain tissues and
cells, fuel the body for physical and metabolic work, and regulate
body processes.
Correct Answer:
False
Explanation
minerals do not promote growth and development or fuel the body for
physical and metabolic work.
Which type of molecule is defined as a substance that does not
contain carbon?
Correct Answer:
Inorganic
Explain the difference between Internal and External drives that
influence our desire to eat.
Correct Answer:
1. Internal drive- hunger associated with negative sensations like
churning, growling and pain in the stomach.
2. External drive- appetite associated with positive food sensations
,lead us to eat when we are not hungry.
You are at an "all you can eat'' buffet. On the first pass through the
line, you fill your plate with a large quantity of foods. After eating it,
you go back for a second portion of the foods you liked. However, the
food is less appealing the second time around, and you place a
smaller quantity on your plate because you feel full. Considering the
physiology as you eat, (1) explain what hormones are released (list
specifically) as the stomach stretches. (2) List the area of the brain
that provides neural regulation and appetite suppression to inhibit
eating.
,Correct Answer:
1. The hormones being released as the stomach stretches is leptin,
seratonin, and CCK. These hormones decrease hunger, in specific
leptin. They acitvate the satiety center in the brain which creates a
sense of fullness.
2. The satiety center.
A _________ is a substance that can promote growth and development,
maintain tissues and cells, fuel the body for physical and metabolic
work, or regulate a body process.
Correct Answer:
nutrient
Macronutrient
Correct Answer:
needed in large amounts in the body
Micronutrients
Correct Answer:
needed in small amounts
organic
Correct Answer:
A compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic
Correct Answer:
any substance that does not contain carbon
Which of the following is an organic micronutrient?
Vitamins,
Water,
, Proteins,
Minerals,
Carbohydrates
Correct Answer:
Vitamins
True or False:
Vitamins contain both water and fat soluble forms.
Correct Answer:
True
The general name given to minerals required in relatively large
quantities is____ minerals.
Correct Answer:
Macro
Write the definition of a kilocalorie.
Correct Answer:
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram
of water one degree Celsius.
Read the paragraph below filling in the blanks with the terms used to
describe nutritional status.
When a person eats a variety of foods that provide all of the essential
nutrients to support normal body functions, the nutritional state is
called __A__.
When a person consumes an excess of calories and fats that can lead
to chronic disease and obesity it is __B__.
If someone does not consume enough nutrients for the body's needs
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Verified and Updated |Latest Version
and Brand new Version|Revised and
Rationalized
True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
Nutritional value and taste are often the 2 most important reasons
specific foods are consumed in North America.
Correct Answer:
False
Explanation
Taste and texture are the 2 most important reasons
True or False
Nutrition is the science that links foods to health and disease.
Correct Answer:
True
True or false:
Minerals contain both water and fat soluble forms
Correct Answer:
False: VITAMINS
,True or false. If false, explain why it is false.
Minerals promote growth and development, maintain tissues and
cells, fuel the body for physical and metabolic work, and regulate
body processes.
Correct Answer:
False
Explanation
minerals do not promote growth and development or fuel the body for
physical and metabolic work.
Which type of molecule is defined as a substance that does not
contain carbon?
Correct Answer:
Inorganic
Explain the difference between Internal and External drives that
influence our desire to eat.
Correct Answer:
1. Internal drive- hunger associated with negative sensations like
churning, growling and pain in the stomach.
2. External drive- appetite associated with positive food sensations
,lead us to eat when we are not hungry.
You are at an "all you can eat'' buffet. On the first pass through the
line, you fill your plate with a large quantity of foods. After eating it,
you go back for a second portion of the foods you liked. However, the
food is less appealing the second time around, and you place a
smaller quantity on your plate because you feel full. Considering the
physiology as you eat, (1) explain what hormones are released (list
specifically) as the stomach stretches. (2) List the area of the brain
that provides neural regulation and appetite suppression to inhibit
eating.
,Correct Answer:
1. The hormones being released as the stomach stretches is leptin,
seratonin, and CCK. These hormones decrease hunger, in specific
leptin. They acitvate the satiety center in the brain which creates a
sense of fullness.
2. The satiety center.
A _________ is a substance that can promote growth and development,
maintain tissues and cells, fuel the body for physical and metabolic
work, or regulate a body process.
Correct Answer:
nutrient
Macronutrient
Correct Answer:
needed in large amounts in the body
Micronutrients
Correct Answer:
needed in small amounts
organic
Correct Answer:
A compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic
Correct Answer:
any substance that does not contain carbon
Which of the following is an organic micronutrient?
Vitamins,
Water,
, Proteins,
Minerals,
Carbohydrates
Correct Answer:
Vitamins
True or False:
Vitamins contain both water and fat soluble forms.
Correct Answer:
True
The general name given to minerals required in relatively large
quantities is____ minerals.
Correct Answer:
Macro
Write the definition of a kilocalorie.
Correct Answer:
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram
of water one degree Celsius.
Read the paragraph below filling in the blanks with the terms used to
describe nutritional status.
When a person eats a variety of foods that provide all of the essential
nutrients to support normal body functions, the nutritional state is
called __A__.
When a person consumes an excess of calories and fats that can lead
to chronic disease and obesity it is __B__.
If someone does not consume enough nutrients for the body's needs
