Final Exam

Question 1

What are vitamins?

Answer 1

organic molecules that we need to eat for our bodies to function

Question 2

Water soluble vitamins are dissolved in the

Answer 2

chyme

Question 3

name two water soluble vitamins

Answer 3

vitamin B and vitamin C

Question 4

Water soluble vitamins are transported into the

Answer 4

intestinal cells using facilitated diffusion or active transport and in the body with blood protein

Question 5

What happens if there are too many water soluble vitamins in the body?

Answer 5

They are passed through the urine

Question 6

Fat soluble vitamins are best absorbed when eaten with

Answer 6

fat

Question 7

name 4 fat soluble vitamins

Answer 7

A, D, E, K

Question 8

Fat soluble vitamins are absorbed in the

Answer 8

intestinal cells in micelles with lipids

Question 9

Fat soluble vitamins are transported in the body with

Answer 9

blood proteins or lipoproteins

Question 10

If there are too many fat soluble vitamins in the body, they are

Answer 10

often stored but it could be dangerous is there is too much

Question 11

Vitamin B is a _______ and is involved in ______

Answer 11

water soluble vitamin, energy metabolism

Question 12

a common B vitamin is _____

Answer 12

B1 - Thiamin