Chapter 9.1

Question 1

What is the measurement unit for the energy content of food?

Answer 1

Calories

Question 2

What are the building blocks of proteins?

Answer 2

Amino acids

Question 3

What lipid is used by our bodies to make bile, Vitamin D, and hormones?

Answer 3

Cholesterol

Question 4

What is the sum of all chemical processes of life?

Answer 4

Metabolism

Question 5

What are the most important energy-producing compounds in the cell that provide most of the energy for living things?

Answer 5

Carbohydrates

Question 6

What is the majority of a person’s body weight composed of?

Answer 6

Water

Question 7

What are nutrients that the body needs in large quantities?

Answer 7

Macronutrients

Question 8

What are the complex organic molecules used to build and maintain living cells?

Answer 8

Proteins

Question 9

What is the energy carrier of the cell?

Answer 9

ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

Question 10

What nutrient is not digested and helps the stomach and intestines absorb nutrients?

Answer 10

Dietary fiber

Question 11

What type of nutrients are bread, cereals, pasta, potatoes, and rice examples of?

Answer 11

Complex carbohydrates

Question 12

What group of compounds characterized by insolubility in water?

Answer 12

Lipids

Question 13

What type of lipid has every possible bond to hydrogen occupied?

Answer 13

Saturated fatty acid