The term _____ refers to how living organisms obtain and use food to support all the processes required for their existence.
A) fortification
B) enrichment
C) nutrition
D) anabolism
Q. 2Babies require four essential dietary lipids to support growth and development, whereas older children and adults require only two essential dietary lipids. Those lipids that are required by babies and not by adults are examples of _____.
A) conditionally essential nutrients
B) nonessential nutrients
C) zoochemicals
D) phytochemicals
Q. 3__________is a substance found in food that is required by the body and used for energy, maintenance of body structure, and/or regulation of chemical processes.
A) Dietary fiber
B) A placebo
C) Adenosine triphosphate
D) A nutrient
Q. 4A(n) _____ is a substance that your body needs, but if necessary, can produce in amounts needed to satisfy its requirements.
A) inorganic nutrient
B) conditionally essential nutrient
C) organic nutrient
D) nonessential nutrient
Q. 5Which of the following foods is rich in proteins?
A) Corn Oil
B) Rice
C) Pasta
D) Meat
Q. 6One of the important functions of lipids in the human body is:
A) to transport nutrients and waste products.
B) to develop the bone structure.
C) to develop muscular strength.
D) to provide energy.
Q. 7Which of the following is a similarity between conditionally essential nutrients and essential nutrients?
A) Both are synthesized by the body.
B) Both cannot be synthesized by the body.
C) Both are not required to be obtained from the diet.
D) Both are required to be obtained from the diet.
Q. 8In the context of scientific research, correlation occurs when:
A) an alteration to one variable causes a change in another variable.
B) study participants experience an effect of the treatment just because they believe that the treatment will work.
C) two variables are clearly related, but one cannot be shown to cause the other.
D) neither the study participants nor the scientists know the group to which the participants have been assigned.
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