foods and digestion

Question 1

what are the six kinds of nutrient?

Answer 1

carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, and water

Question 2

what three nutrients contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen?

Answer 2

carbohydrates, fats, and protein

Question 3

carbohydrates are found in what kind of food?

Answer 3

sugar and starchy foods

Question 4

what nutrient is the easiest to get?

Answer 4

carbohydrates

Question 5

what nutrient is used for quick energy?

Answer 5

carbohydrates

Question 6

fats are called what?

Answer 6

lipids

Question 7

what is the building block of all protein?

Answer 7

amino acids

Question 8

how many amino acids are essential?

Answer 8

21

Question 9

what nutrient helps the cells to reproduce and repair?

Answer 9

protein

Question 10

what nutrient is needed to form antibodies, aid in production of hormones and enzymes, and provide energy when fats and carbohydrates are gone?

Answer 10

protein

Question 11

what nutrient is in meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, cheese, dried beans, peas, and whole grain cereal?

Answer 11

protein

Question 12

how many pints of water do we lose?

Answer 12

6 pints

Question 13

how many glasses of water do we need?

Answer 13

4 to 8

Question 14

the process of breaking down food into particles small enough to be dissolved in the plasma of food is called what?

Answer 14

digestion

Question 15

saliva contains what?

Answer 15

digestive enzymes

Question 16

is the digestion of fats and protein begun in the mouth?

Answer 16

no

Question 17

saliva and hydrochloric acid and pepsin do what?

Answer 17

break down protein

Question 18

fats are broken down when they reach what part of the body?

Answer 18

small intestine

Question 19

gall bladder and pancreas produce enzymes that enter where in the body

Answer 19

small intestine

Question 20

where is the food completely liquid?

Answer 20

small intestine

Question 21

particles not small enough to enter the bloodstream go where?

Answer 21

large intestine

Question 22

waste products pass where in the body?

Answer 22

large intestine

Question 23

what carries dissolved nutrients from digested food?

Answer 23

plasma

Question 24

nutrients and water pass into the ___________ as it flows through blood vessels in the ______________.

Answer 24

Nutrients and water pass into the BLOODSTREAM as it flows through blood vessels in the SMALL INTESTINE

Question 25

waste products are taken care of by what?

Answer 25

the kidneys or pass through skin pores