Humans as organisms

Question 1

What is nutrition?

Answer 1

What you eat

Question 2

What is a starchy food?
A lemon?
A potato?
A block of cheese?

Answer 2

A potato

Question 3

What is starch used for?

Answer 3

Energy

Question 4

What is a protein?
A lemon?
An egg?
A blade of grass?

Answer 4

An egg

Question 5

What is protein used for?

Answer 5

Building cells

Question 6

What is a lipid? (fats and oils)
A lemon?
Cooking oil?
A strawberry?

Answer 6

Cooking oil

Question 7

What are lipids used for?

Answer 7

Energy

Question 8

What is a vitamin?
A cereal?
A cookie?
A doughnut?

Answer 8

A cereal

Question 9

What are vitamins used for?

Answer 9

Keeping vital processes happening

Question 10

Explain where minerals are from and what they are used for?

Answer 10

Iron - Blood
Calcium - Teeth/Bones
Sodium - nerves

Question 11

What can an unbalanced diet cause?

Answer 11

Health problems

Question 12

How do you put on weight?

Answer 12

If you take in more energy than you use up

Question 13

What is starvation?

Answer 13

Not eating enough food

Question 14

What is a kj?

Answer 14

A unit of energy

Question 15

How can you be classed as obese?

Answer 15

If you weigh over 20% more than the recommended weight for your height

Question 16

How do you work out your daily basic energy requirement?

Answer 16

Daily BER (kj/day) = 5.4 x 24 hours x body mass (kg)

Question 17

What attaches muscles to your bones?

Answer 17

Tendons

Question 18

What are antagonistic muscles?

Answer 18

Pairs of muscles that work against each other

Question 19

What is the skeleton for?

Answer 19

Support, protection, movement

Question 20

Where are red blood cells made?

Answer 20

In the bone marrow