Nutrition

Question 1

What does the food we consume contains?

Answer 1

water, protein, carbs, lipids, minerals and vitamins

Question 2

What is it when the body uses food to construct muscle tissue, deposit fat under skin, and stores carb energy?

Answer 2

anabolism

Question 3

What process requires energy?

Answer 3

anabolism

Question 4

what process of breaking down substances into smaller components?

Answer 4

Catabolism

Question 5

What is an example of catabolism?

Answer 5

excersizing when the body breaks down fat and releases energy for continued excersize

Question 6

What is the sum of the chemical reactions of anabolism and catabolism

Answer 6

metabolism

Question 7

what makes up more than half of the human body?

Answer 7

Water

Question 8

what flows through vessels, fills up space inside and between cells, and is required for survival

Answer 8

water

Question 9

What substances are found in starches and sugars

Answer 9

Carbs

Question 10

What are our main source of energy

Answer 10

Carbs

Question 11

What are carbs converted into

Answer 11

glucose

Question 12

what does carbs become once they are stored in muscle and liver?

Answer 12

glycogen

Question 13

what does the body release during exercise or short term starvation

Answer 13

glycogen

Question 14

What are known for their capability to store energy but also provides protections and communication between cells

Answer 14

lipids

Question 15

Which lipid assists with energy storage, broken down and distributed when needed

Answer 15

fats and oils

Question 16

what lipids work as a protection level and help cells by preventing water loss within body

Answer 16

waxes

Question 17

What are lipids that assist with communication process between cells, composed of cholesterol, testoerone and estrogen

Answer 17

steriods

Question 18

what is the basic building block of the body

Answer 18

protein

Question 19

what third nutrient that are designed to serve as a significant energy source

Answer 19

protein

Question 20

What makes up muscles and other tissues and is found in every part of our cells.

Answer 20

protein

Question 21

What is considered a complete protein

Answer 21

foods that contain all nine essential amino acids

Question 22

What is it called when a food doesnt contain all 9 amino acids?

Answer 22

incomplete protein

Question 23

what are chemical compounds present in very small amounts of food?

Answer 23

minerals and trace elements

Question 24

What functions as coenzymes, and helps to catalyze chemical reactions

Answer 24

vitamins