Question: Which enzymes, contained in saliva, breaks the bonds between the monomeric sugar units of disaccharides?
Answer Choices:
Amylase
Pepsin
Lipase
Trypsin
Answer: Amylase
Question: Why is the brain highly sensitive to low blood-glucose levels?
Answer Choices:
It uses only glucose…
It mostly uses galactose…
It uses only glycogen…
All of these
Answer: It uses only glucose to produce energy and function.
Question: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Who is being quoted here?
Answer Choices:
Hippocrates
Metchnikoff
Mohammed
Blandov
Answer: Hippocrates
Question: Which of the following is necessary for tissue formation, cell reparation, and hormone and enzyme production?
Answer Choices:
Protein
Fat
Minerals
Carbohydrates
Answer: Protein
Question: Approximately how many calories are in 3 oz. grilled chicken breast?
Answer Choices:
20
85
150
200
Answer: 150
Question: ________ are a group of tissues arranged in a specific manner to support a common physiological function.
Answer Choices:
Organs
Cells
Systems
Organisms
Answer: Organs
Question: DNA in humans is consists of about three billion individual units and contains ___________ genes.
Answer Choices:
between thirty and fourty thousand
between five and ten thousand
between twenty and twenty-five thousand
between twenty-five and thirty thousand
Answer: between twenty and twenty-five thousand
Question: Within the cell, which organelle(s) houses the genetic material DNA?
Answer Choices:
nucleus
endoplasmic reticulum
mitochondria
ribosomes
Answer: nucleus
Question: About ________ years ago the Romans started milling flour…
Answer Choices:
1,000
3,500
2,500
1,500
Answer: 2,500
Question: ________ is an autoimmune disorder affecting between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of Americans…
Answer Choices:
Celiac Disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
None of these
Answer: Celiac Disease
Question: According to the text, what is the daily limit intake of sodium?
Answer Choices:
2,300 mg
2,000 mg
1,300 mg
3,000 mg
Answer: 2,300 mg
Question: How many grams of protein should the average adult consume based on a Caloric Intake of 2,000 Calories?
Answer Choices:
25 g
50 g
75 g
100 g
Answer: 50 g