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

Nutrition Journals

Share Healthy Recipes

Nutrition Links

Eating Great in College

Chemistry Review

For Instructors

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: In a state of starvation, the body will burn all of its protein stores before its fat stores.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

2: In what part of the cell does glycolysis take place?
	A: mitochondria
	B: cytosol
	C: ribosome
	D: lysosome

3: This is the organelle in a cell that is the power-generator
	A: mitochondria
	B: ribosome
	C: golgi apparatus
	D: endoplasmic reticulum

4: Your body can make glucose through a process called photosynthesis.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

5: Your body stores glycogen in your liver and muscles.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

6: ______ is particularly dangerous in uncontrolled type 1 diabetes
	A: ketoacidosis
	B: biosynthesis
	C: glycolysis
	D: none of the above

7: In photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water join to form oxygen and _____.
	A: lactose
	B: hydrogen ions
	C: glucose
	D: starch

8: Cytosol is
	A: an organelle in the cytoplasm of a cell.
	B: the fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell.
	C: the site in a cell where protein synthesis occurs.
	D: the portion of the cell that controls the passage of substances.

9: Ketone bodies are not only used as an emergency energy source, but are used on an everyday basis.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

10: Red blood cells have mitochondria.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: The electron transport chain is located in the
	A: mitochondrial membrane.
	B: ribosome
	C: lysosome
	D: Golgi apparatus

12: An alternative fuel that muscle cells can use or that the liver can convert to glucose is ______.
	A: ATP
	B: oxaloacetate
	C: lactate
	D: citric acid

13: ____ are the "work centers" of metabolism.
	A: muscles
	B: ribosomes
	C: cells
	D: none of the above

14: To extract energy from fat, the body first breaks down ______ into their components.
	A: glucose-glucose disaccharide
	B: triglycerides
	C: lactate
	D: citric acid

15: Your body can make long fatty-acid chains using a process called
	A: desynthesis
	B: lipogenesis
	C: glycolysis
	D: all of the above

16: Anabolic reactions build compounds. These reactions require energy.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

17: The lysosome is the semi fluid inside of the cell membrane.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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