Vitamins & Minerals

Question 1

What causes scurvy?

Answer 1

Vitamin C Deficiency

Question 2

What causes pernicious anemia?

Answer 2

Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Question 3

What causes rickets?

Answer 3

Vitamin D Deficiency

Question 4

What are the fat soluble vitamins?

Answer 4

ADEK

Question 5

Which vitamin is known as niacin and prevents the condition of pellagra?

Answer 5

Vitamin B3

Question 6

Which vitamin is known as pantothenic acid?

Answer 6

Vitamin B5

Question 7

Which vitamin helps to prevent hemorrhage?

Answer 7

Vitamin K

Question 8

Which vitamin prevents fats from going rancid?

Answer 8

Vitamin E

Question 9

Which is the most abundant mineral in the body?

Answer 9

Calcium

Question 10

Which mineral (if deficient) results in muscle cramps and loss of appetite?

Answer 10

Sodium

Question 11

What mineral deficiency may result in paralysis, confusion, & electrolyte imbalance?

Answer 11

Potassium

Question 12

Toxic levels of which mineral may result in nausea, diarrhea, muscle weakness, and death?

Answer 12

Magnesium

Question 13

Which mineral is a common component of kidney stones?

Answer 13

Calcium

Question 14

Which mineral in toxic levels may result in edema and/or acute hypertension?

Answer 14

Sodium

Question 15

Which mineral, when injected into a vein, can stop the heart?

Answer 15

Potassium