Integrated Web Site to Accompany Discovering Nutrition, Second Edition

Title: Integrated Web Site to Accompany Discovering Nutrition, Second Edition

Practice Quizzes

Nutrition Science Animations

Interactive Summaries

Crossword Puzzles

Interactive Glossary

Health and Nutrition Directory

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Eating Great in College

Chemistry Review

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1: There are 20 different amino acids your body can choose from to build proteins. ____ are nonessential and ______ are essential.
	A: 11, 9
	B: 5, 15
	C: 13, 7
	D: 7, 13

2: What condition would bring about a negative nitrogen balance?
	A: adolescence
	B: someone recovering from an illness
	C: pregnancy
	D: high fever

3: Which person would have the lowest protein needs when expressed as grams per kilogram of weight?
	A: an infant
	B: a 17-year-old female
	C: a 17-year-old male
	D: a 55-year-old woman

4: What is the least number of amino acids in a oligopeptide?
	A: 4
	B: 10
	C: 20
	D: 100

5: If the diet does not supply enough blood proteins, edema will occur because
	A: the immune response is weakened.
	B: blood proteins attract fluid from cells to the capillaries.
	C: blood will become too alkaline.
	D: absence of blood proteins does not cause edema.

6: Which of the following is a motor protein?
	A: albumin
	B: collagen
	C: keratin
	D: none of the above

7: An example of a good complementary food combination is
	A: oatmeal and sunflower seeds.
	B: an English muffin and granola.
	C: a whole wheat bagel and peanut butter.
	D: tofu and peanut butter.

8: A pesco-vegetarian will eat
	A: dairy products, eggs, and fish.
	B: dairy products, eggs, and chicken.
	C: eggs
	D: no animal foods at all.

9: Lacto-ovo vegetarians could have a hard time getting adequate amounts of _____ in their diets.
	A: fat
	B: cholesterol
	C: calcium
	D: iron

10: The protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score accounts for
	A: digestibility of the protein.
	B: limiting amino acids.
	C: amino acids in food.
	D: A and C

11: Marasmus develops more slowly than kwashiorkor and results from chronic PEM.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: Just as glucose is the basic building block of carbohydrates, _____ are the basic building blocks of protein.
	A: lipids
	B: amino acids
	C: enzymes
	D: collagen

13: _____ is the most abundant fibrous protein in the body
	A: collagen
	B: keratin
	C: motor proteins
	D: amino acids

14: High-protein plant foods also contribute complex carbohydrates to the body.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Of the ten top sources of protein in the American diet, eight are plant-based.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

16: In the United States, PEM most often occurs in newborns.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

17: Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions while being used up in the process.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

18: The removal of the amino group (-NH₂) from an amino acid is called
	A: deproteation
	B: deamination
	C: desynthesis
	D: synthesis

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