Healthy Eating Unit Test

Question 1

Is it better to eat what type of carbohydrate?

Answer 1

complex

Question 2

What is a carbohydrate that is partially indigestible?

Answer 2

fiber

Question 3

Proteins are the _____ nutrient.

Answer 3

Grow

Question 4

What vitamin is made from sunlight?

Answer 4

D

Question 5

About how many Calories does a 15 year old need?

Answer 5

2000

Question 6

You would find what vitamin in Sweet potatoes?

Answer 6

A

Question 7

Where do we get our energy from?

Answer 7

The only energy we get is from the food we eat.

Question 8

List the three functions of the digestive systems?

Answer 8

1. getting rid of waste
2. digesting food
3. intaking nutrients

Question 9

What is meant by the phrase you are what you eat?

Answer 9

What we eat can affect how we do things, look, speak, and feel. Actually, eating affects almost every aspect of our life!

Question 10

What are the three basic food nutrients?

Answer 10

carbohydrates, proteins, fats

Question 11

food necessary for an organism to provide its cells with the nutrients necessary to sustain life

Answer 11

Nutrition

Question 12

the amount of food in a single serving

Answer 12

serving size

Question 13

a unit of energy

Answer 13

calorie

Question 14

percentage of a certain nutrient in a serving size portion of the food

Answer 14

Daily value

Question 15

energy-carrying molecule that cells use to power their metabolic processes

Answer 15

ATP

Question 16

Condition in which plaque builds up inside arteries

Answer 16

atherosclerosis

Question 17

Simple and complex organic compounds such as sugars that give your body energy.

Answer 17

carbohydrate

Question 18

A steroid alcohol that is present in animal cells and body fluids, regulates membrane fluidity, and functions as a precursor molecule in various metabolic pathways.

Answer 18

cholesterol

Question 19

A carbohydrate composed of two monosaccharides.

Answer 19

disaccharide

Question 20

Amino acids that are not made by the body and must be obtained through the diet.

Answer 20

essential amino acids

Question 21

A natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

Answer 21

fat

Question 22

A dietary material containing substances which are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.

Answer 22

fiber

Question 23

Unit of DNA on a chromosome that is encoded with the instructions for a single protein (polypeptide).

Answer 23

gene

Question 24

The process of maintaining a stable environment inside a cell or an entire organism.

Answer 24

homeostasis

Question 25

Organic compound that does not interact with water, such as fat or oil.

Answer 25

lipid

Question 26

Nutrient such as carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, or water that is needed by the body in relatively large amounts.

Answer 26

macronutrient

Question 27

Chemical element, such as calcium or potassium, that is needed in relatively small amounts for proper body functioning.

Answer 27

mineral

Question 28

Simple sugar, such as glucose, that is a building block of polysaccharides (carbohydrates).

Answer 28

monosaccharide

Question 29

Visual dietary guideline that shows the relative amounts of foods in different food groups that should be eaten each day.

Answer 29

MyPlate

Question 30

Chain of monosaccharides that makes up a complex carbohydrate, such as starch.

Answer 30

polysaccharide

Question 31

Organic compounds made of amino acids.

Answer 31

protein

Question 32

Molecule in lipids in which carbon atoms are bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible.

Answer 32

saturated fatty acid

Question 33

A type of lipid; examples include cholesterol and the sex hormones.

Answer 33

steroid

Question 34

The biological them describing the relationship between biological molecules and their resulting function.

Answer 34

structure-function relationship

Question 35

The main form of stored energy in animals; commonly called fat; composed of a glycerol unit and three fatty acid chains.

Answer 35

triglyceride

Question 36

Molecule in lipids in which some carbon atoms are bonded to other groups of atoms rather than to hydrogen atoms.

Answer 36

unsaturated fatty acid

Question 37

Organic compounds needed in small amounts for proper body functioning.

Answer 37

vitamins