Ch. 5 Lesson 2 Nutrients: Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats Nicole H. March 2005 Nicole H. March 2005

1. What are found in food that are essential to life? A. Proteins A. Proteins B. Carbohydrates B. Carbohydrates C. Nutrients C. Nutrients D. Amino Acids D. Amino Acids E. Proteins and Carbohydrates E. Proteins and Carbohydrates

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2.The body’s chief fuel is/are ____. A. Amino Acids A. Amino Acids B. Carbohydrates B. Carbohydrates C. Proteins C. Proteins D. Vitamins D. Vitamins E. Water E. Water

3. How many main categories of life sustaining functions in the body are there of nutrients? A. Eight A. Eight B. Four B. Four C. Six C. Six D. Five D. Five E. Ten E. Ten

4. Which are classifications of carbohydrates? 1. Simple 2. Complete 3. Complex 4. Incomplete A.4 and 3 A.4 and 3 B.2 and 4 B.2 and 4 C.1 and 4 C.1 and 4 D.1,2,3, and 4 D.1,2,3, and 4 E.1 and 3 E.1 and 3

5. Fiber ____ be digested and used for energy. A. can A. can B. sometimes can B. sometimes can C. always can C. always can D. cannot D. cannot E. None of the above E. None of the above

6.Where is glucose stored if it’s not used right away? A. Muscles A. Muscles B. Liver and muscles B. Liver and muscles C. As tissue C. As tissue D. Liver D. Liver E. As fat E. As fat

7.Where would you find simple carbohydrates? 1. Rice and other grains 2. fruits 3. nuts 4. some vegetables 5. milk 6. seeds A.1,2,and 6 A.1,2,and 6 B. all B. all C.2,5,and 6 C.2,5,and 6 D.1,3,and 6 D.1,3,and 6 E.2,4,and 5 E.2,4,and 5

8. Before your body uses carbohydrates it must convert them to ____. A. Glycogen A. Glycogen B. Amino Acids B. Amino Acids C. Linoleic Acids C. Linoleic Acids D. Glucose D. Glucose E. Proteins E. Proteins

9. What do muscles, bones, connective tissues, teeth, skin, blood, and vital organs all contain? A. Amino Acids A. Amino Acids B. Fiber B. Fiber C. Protein C. Protein D. Glucose D. Glucose E. Calcium E. Calcium

10. What helps move waste through your digestive system? A. Carbohydrates A. Carbohydrates B. Glucose B. Glucose C. Proteins C. Proteins D. Fiber D. Fiber E. Amino Acids E. Amino Acids

11. What are proteins? A. The starches and sugars found in foods A. The starches and sugars found in foods B. A simple sugar and the body’s chief fuel B. A simple sugar and the body’s chief fuel C. Substances that make up body proteins C. Substances that make up body proteins D. Nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues D. Nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues E. Fatty substance that does mot dissolve in water E. Fatty substance that does mot dissolve in water

12. Proteins are made of chains of building blocks called _____. A. Nutrients A. Nutrients B. Amino Acids B. Amino Acids C. Linoleic Acids C. Linoleic Acids D. Lipids D. Lipids E. Carbohydrates E. Carbohydrates

13. How many amino acids can your body make out of the 20? A.13 B.15 C.18 D.9 E.11

14. What are foods called that lack some of the essential amino acids? A. Not complex A. Not complex B. Complete Proteins B. Complete Proteins C. Complex C. Complex D. Incomplete Proteins D. Incomplete Proteins E. Carbohydrates E. Carbohydrates

15. What are the substances called that control the rate of thousands of biochemical reactions in your body cells? A. Antibodies A. Antibodies B. Proteins B. Proteins C. Enzymes C. Enzymes D. Hormones D. Hormones E. None of the above E. None of the above

16. Fats _____ to digest than carbohydrates and proteins. A. take a shorter time A. take a shorter time B. take longer B. take longer C. have a harder time C. have a harder time D. have more time D. have more time E. have lesser time E. have lesser time

17.How much fat should a teenage girl who needs about 2,200 calories daily have? A. no more than 66 grams A. no more than 66 grams B. more than 66 grams B. more than 66 grams C. no more than 84 grams C. no more than 84 grams D. more than 84 grams D. more than 84 grams E. None of the above E. None of the above

18. Which are three functions of fats? 1. Deliver more than twice the energy of either carbohydrates or proteins 2. Help regulate many body processes 3. Provides 9 calories per gram of energy 4. Serve as sources of linoleic acids 5. Build and maintain body tissues A.1,2,and 5 A.1,2,and 5 B.3,5,and 1 B.3,5,and 1 C.1,3,and 4 C.1,3,and 4 D.2,3,and 4 D.2,3,and 4 E.5,3,and 4 E.5,3,and 4

19. What do Americans eat their own weight in every year? A. Fat A. Fat B. Sugar B. Sugar C. Protein C. Protein D. Vitamins D. Vitamins E. None of the above E. None of the above

20. What is a fatlike substance produced in the liver of all animals, that is only found in foods of animal origin? A. Unsaturated Fat A. Unsaturated Fat B. Saturated Fat B. Saturated Fat C. Lipids C. Lipids D. Cholesterol D. Cholesterol E. Linoleic Acid E. Linoleic Acid

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