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Food Science and Nutrition
1st. Semester Study Guide
1.The study of food and how it is used by the human body is called?
2. The study of the production, processing, preparation, evaluation and
utilization of food is?
3. What are the 6 nutrients?
4. Carbohydrates are made up of 3 elements?
5. 3 types of carbohydrates are?
6. What do carbohydrates provide to your body?
7. What do fats provide to your body?
8. Another name for animal fat is?
9. What type of fat is solid at room temperature?
10. 2 types of proteins are?
11. What do proteins provide to your body?
12. Proteins are made up of?
13. How many essential amino acids are there?
14. A food with all essential amino acids is said to be called?
15. The 6 main vitamins are?
16. The Fat-Soluable vitamins are?
17. Thiamine, Niacin and Riboflavin are what kind of vitamin?
18. Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Iodine are what type of
nutrient?
19. The nutrient considered to be the most important is?
20. You can live without food for about?
21. How long can you live without water?
22. In your body , water helps to transport fluids and waste, helps body
processes to function, and aids in maintaining the body’s
temperature, through what?
23. On Oahu, passage of a rain drop from mountain top to aquifer takes
roughly, how many
years?
24. All foods contain a certain amount of this nutrient?
25. Where does the digestive tract begin?
26. What organ is at the end of the digestive tract?
27. Another name for the digestive tract is the?
28. Food is broken down mechanically by?
29. What process does saliva use to break down food?
30. The break down and absorption of food into smaller substances is
called?
31. The muscle movement that helps food travel through your body is
called?
32. What type of acid does the stomach produce, to help in digestion?
33. Which organ produces bile?
34. Approximately how long is the small intestines?
35. Which organ has the job of conserving water and keeping it in your
body?
36. What kind of muscle is the anus?
37. What protects the stomach lining from hydrochloric acid?
38. Fat is digested with the help of an enzyme called?
39. What is the name of the muscle flap that closes off the air pipe to
your lungs when you swallow?
40. What is the main function of the digestive tract?
41. What is the first nutrient to be broken down in digestion?
42. Another name for the large intestines is the?
43. The small non-functioning organ between the small and large
intestines is called the?
44. What is the tube that connects the mouth and the stomach
called?
45. Long finger-like projections inside the small intestines, used to
increase absorption of nutrients is called?
46. What organ, near your anus, senses pressure and sends a messege to
your brain telling you to move your bowels(take a dump)?
47. Bile is stored in what organ?
48. What does high cholesterol levels in your body put you at risk of
having?
49. What color and texture could you use to describe cholesterol?
50. Which organ produces cholesterol?
51. Where is cholesterol stored in your body?
52. What are the 3 types of lipoproteins?
53. What is the maximum amount of milligrams of cholesterol we should
get in 1 day?
54. How many milligrams of cholesterol does 1 egg have?
55. What sources of food give us cholesterol?
56. What type of fat is associated with cholesterol?
57. In regards to cholesterol, what does LDL stand for?
58. Which cholesterol is regarded as the good cholesterol?
59. Palm oil, Coconut and Palm Kernel oil all contain?
60. What would be 2 methods of cooking that would reduce fat content
in food?
61. Dietary cholesterol comes from what types of foods?
62. Besides foods we eat, what other factor determines our cholesterol
level?
63. What would be the first step in reducing cholesterol from your diet?
64. Jerry has a total Chol. Count of 233mg/dL and a HDL Count of
49mg/dL, what is his ratio?
65. What kind of nutrient do peanuts and beans give you?
66. Bread, rice, cereal and pasta all provide what nutrient to you?
67. A complete protein can be obtained by combining?
68. Another name for 110 – 115˚ water?
69. Why is broiling a healthy way of cooking?
70. What are electromagnetic waves that affect polar molecules?
71. What is the purpose of a liquid in a baked product?
72. Sodium Aluminum Sulfate is also known as?
73. What type of fat was used in the biscuit recipe?
74. How many days does the food pyramid represent?
75. What is the protein in flour called?