Nutrition & Physical Fitness Test (Health) Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Nutrition & Physical Fitness Test (Health) Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Nutrition - the science the interprets the interaction of nutrients & other stuff in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health, and disease of an organism Contents of Nutrition - 1. Food Intake: eating 2. Absorption: the body taking nutrients from the food 3. Assimilation: a movement of digested food into body cells for use 4. Biosynthesis: production of chemical from amino acid synthesis 5. Excretion Metabolism - all of the physical and chemical activities in the body that convert to use energy Catabolism - metabolic processes that tear down biomolecules Anabolism - metabolic processes that build up biomolecules 2Emily Charlene © All Rights Reserved 2025. Nutrients - components in food needed to survive or grow Macronutrients - provide bulk energy an organism's metabolic system needs to function Micronutrients - provide necessary co-factors for metabolism to be carried out Both macronutrients and micronutrients can be acquired by the _____________________. - environment Carbohydrates - -starches and sugars that supply 50% of energy & is both anebolic and anerobic Most common form of a carbohydrate - Glucose Fructose (Carb) - CHO from fruit Lactose (Carb) - CHO from milk Maltose (Carb) - CHO from grains Sucrose (Carb) - refined sugar Sugars not ____________ off are ____________ as fat. - burned; stored Protein - meats & some vegetables; made up of amino acids Essential Amino Acids - Must all be present in order to rebuild and replace tissue 3Emily Charlene © All Rights Reserved 2025. Foods Containing all essential amino acids are called: - complete proteins Incomplete proteins - foods that don't contain all amino acids 1g of Protein = - 4 calories Fats (Lipids) - -give more flavor/moisture to food -reserve energy source -contain less oxygen than CHO and burn only aerobically Types of Fats - 1. Saturated: complete animal