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1
Q

Goitre

A
  • Swelling of thyroid gland
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2
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Goitre location

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Base of neck

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3
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Goitre cause

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Iodine deficiency

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4
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Goitre in world

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Places where sea products not frequently eaten

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5
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Human body and food made up of …

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Chemicals

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6
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Process of digestion

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Breaks down chemicals in food into small, solubale molecules

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7
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Small, soluble molecules pass through …

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Membranes into blood vessels

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8
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Nutrient

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Chemical in food, used for energy, growth, body building, or cell repair

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9
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Nutrients circulate …

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Through the body to cells used for functions

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10
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Nutrients divided into two major groups

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Organic and inorganic

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11
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Organic knows as

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Carbon-containing

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12
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Types organic nutrients

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Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins

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13
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Many Organic compounds only from

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Green plants

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14
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Animals modify …

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Organic compound green plants can’t for,

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15
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Organic compounds essential …

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For health

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16
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Chemicals do what to organic compounds

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Transform them into more complex materials

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17
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Carbohydrates role in nutrition

A

Energy source for metabolism

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18
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Proteins role in nutrition

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Structural molecule for body and helps chemical reactions

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19
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Lipids role in nutrition

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Storage of unused chemical energy

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20
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Sources of carbohydrates

A
  • rice
  • grains
  • potatoes
  • fruits
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21
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Sources of proteins

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  • meat
  • eggs
  • dairy products
  • legumes
  • nuts
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22
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Source of lipids

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  • vegetable oils
  • nut oils
  • some dairy products
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23
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Minerals

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Inorganic substances not destroyed by cooking or exposure to air

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24
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Macromineral

A

100 mg/day or more

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25
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Trace element

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Less than 100 mg/day

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26
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Enzymes

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Special protein molecule regulating chemical reactions in living organisms

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27
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Vitamins

A

Large organic molecules helping in enzymes function

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28
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Vitamins are nutrients that can’t …

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Be made by human body and must consume through food

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29
Q

16

A

How many naturally occurring elements occur in all living organisms

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30
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18

A

of elements green plants require for growth and functioning

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31
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22 +

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of elements humans require for proper growth and functioning

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32
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Rock made up of …

A

Elements

33
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Minerals can be …

A

Elements or compounds

34
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Four most common elements in human body in wet mass

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  • Oxygen —> 65%
  • Carbon —> 18%
  • Hydrogen —> 10%
  • Nitrogen —> 3%
35
Q

Found mainly in form of water

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Hydrogen and oxygen cause earth made up of 60% mass

36
Q

Fluorine controversy

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Adding fluoride to water decreases cost of dental services in Canada but people oppose use in municipal water supplies

37
Q

Vitamin C

A

Helps form connective tissues holding skin, muscle, blood vessels etc. together

38
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Vitamin C/humans

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Can’t make own within bodies

One of few animals species that can’t

39
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Scurvy

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Disease resulting from lack of vitamin C in diet

40
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Scurvy effects

A

Bloody gums
Teeth loss
Bruising

41
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Scurvy seriousness

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Not fatal

Decreases resistance to other deadly diseases

42
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Limeys

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British sailors in 1700s
Ate lemons (called limes at time) to avoid scurvy
43
Q

Painkiller negative effects

A

Chemicals might react with other chemicals in body making diagnosis difficult
Patient might not follow up on problem until body permanently damaged

44
Q

Low calcium, magnesium, copper, manganese, zinc, chromium, selenium results in

A
  • intense burning pain in feet

- burning sensation in left arm and chest after walking short distances

45
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Allergies …

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Cause ppl to avoid certain foods or prevent from absorbing enough of necessary chemicals

46
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Inability to digest certain foods caused by …

A

Inflammation of digestive tract

47
Q

Solve chemical imbalance

A

Prescribe minerals

48
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Calcium and magnesium in macromineral amounts correct

A

Arterial spasm causing chest pain

49
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Burning feet (inflamed nerves) prescription

A

Trace element of B-complex vitamins

50
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Most elements humans need found

A

In soil

51
Q

Elements in soil …

A

Found in extremely low concentrations

52
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Plants extract around what weight of minerals for us annually

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6 000 000 000 t

53
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Root systems of plants uniquely suited for

A

Extracting minerals

54
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Root hairs

A

Increase surface area of roots for absorption by branching again and again as they grow o get most contact with water in soil

55
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Minerals dissolve in

A

Water

56
Q

10 000x

A

Amount greater root hairs able to produce than soil around them

57
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Minerals absorbed by roots …

A

Used in building organic compounds such as vitamins, proteins, lipids

58
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Scientists interested in …

A

What affects plants development and growth

59
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1930/Howard Dittmer/State University of Iowa

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  • planted single winter rye/Secale ceraeale
  • box of soil
  • box = 30cm x 30cm x 56cm
    Four months later
  • total length nearly 11 000 km (quarter earths circumference)
  • surface area 630 m^2 (floor space of four to five houses)
60
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Apollo 15/David Scott, James Irwin

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  • excellent health before leaving
  • irregular heart rhythm during high exertion and stress moments
  • NASA doctors concerned low gravity having negative effects on humans
  • low potassium levels from highly refined foods supplied
  • potassium-enriched food added to menu of later missions
61
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3 numbers on bag of fertilizer indicate

A

Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium

62
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High nitrogen

A

Leaves

63
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High phosphorus

A

Roots

64
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High potassium

A

Flowers

65
Q

Commercial fertilizers provide N ^2 in form of 3 compounds

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  • nitrates, ammonia, urea
  • plants can’t take nitrogen from atmosphere directly
  • plants absorb nitrates dissolved in water and use nitrates for protein
66
Q

Two step process for forming nitrates

A
  • few species in soil fix atmospheric nitrogen forming ammonia
  • ammonia changed to nitrates by other species
67
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Phosphorus provided …

A

In phosphate compounds

68
Q

Potash

A

Source of potassium

69
Q

Different fertilizers do what

A

Aid growth of certain plant parts

70
Q

Numbers on fertilizer always …

A

In same order

71
Q

Numbers refer to …

A

% of mass of fertilizer mix providing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium

72
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Until early 1900s …

A

Plants received nitrates only from nature

73
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Artificial fertilizers changed plant nitrogen relationship cause

A

Increasing nitrogen levels available for plants

74
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What increased amount of nitrogen in environment

A

Artificial fertilizers

Other human activities

75
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Increase in nitrogen

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14 000 000 t per year

76
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Pros of nitrogen

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  • increased plant growth
  • doubled crop production worldwide since 1950s
  • development of high yield food crops
  • increased food production
    Can us land barely suitable for farming
77
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Cons of nitrogen

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  • need lot of fertilizer and water
  • expensive for farmers
  • increases chances of disease spreading through crops
78
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Pesticides pros/cons

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  • reduce amount of crops lost to disease

- exact cost in dollars and environmental impact

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