Bio 155 Nutrition Final Exam Review || A+ Graded Already.
A two tablespoons (tbsp) serving of salad dressing, peanut butter, or margarine is about the size
of a correct answers Golf Ball
1/2-1/3 cup of baked potato is size of? correct answers tennis ball
3 oz meat, poultry or fish is size of? correct answers deck of cards
1 cup of apple or orange is the size of what? correct answers baseball
What are the most important factors that determine our food choices? correct answers Flavor,
texture, and appearance.
next is early influences, routines and habits, advertising, restaurant dining, time and convenience,
economics, and nutrition
What is anthropometric measurement? correct answers height, weight, circumference
What age group is myplate for? correct answers 2 and older
How many core group of foods do we eat from? correct answers 100
A food that contains 5 grams of protein yields ____ kcals from protein. correct answers
4x5=20kcal protein
How many kcal are in a food that contains 3 g fat, 10 g carbohydrate, and 5 g protein? correct
answers 3x9=27
4x10=40
4x5=20
Total kcal=87
A food that contains 5 grams of fat yields ____ kcals from fat correct answers 9x5=45kcal
If you consume 300g of carbs in a day that you consume 2400kcal, the carbs will provide ___%
of your total energy intake? correct answers 300x4-1200/2400 x 100=50%
A food is 190 total kcal and contains 10 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 5 grams of
protein. What percentage of the calories come from fat? correct answers Total Kcal=190
10g fatX9=90
20g CHOX4=80
5G PROX4=20
90/190X100=47% fat
,A food is 190 total kcal and contains 10 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 5 grams of
protein. What percentage of the calories come from carbohydrate? correct answers
80/190x100=42%
A food that contains 5 grams of carbohydrate yields ____ kcals from carbohydrate. correct
answers 5x4=20kcals
A food is 190 total kcal and contains 10 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 5 grams of
protein. What percentage of the calories come from protein? correct answers 5x4=20
20/190x100=11%
The psychological drive to eat is affected by external factors is called: correct answers Appetite-
triggered by seeing or smelling food
The physiological drive to affected by internal factors is called correct answers Hunger-regulated
by internal cues to eat, physical biological drive to eat. EX: stomach growls.
What is the biological state in which there is no longer a desire to eat; feeling satisfaction?
correct answers Satiety
What are the 3 leading causes of death? correct answers heart disease, cancer, and stroke
What is a healthy diet? correct answers high proportion of vegetables, fruits, nuts, omega 3 fats,
and fish.
What is the 6 classes of nutrients? correct answers Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins,
minerals, and water
If a food contains 15g fat, 7g protein, and is 227 total kcals. How many grams of carbohydrate
does it contain? correct answers total kcal=227
15g fat x 9=135
7g protein x 4=28
? CHO 227-163=64g CHO
What is a vitamin? correct answers A compound needed in very small amounts in the diet to
regulate and support chemical reactions in the body.
what is a complex carbohydrate? correct answers composed of many monosaccharide molecules.
EX: glycogen, starch, and fiber (breads, grains, starchy veg)
What is excess protein converted to? correct answers fat.
what is formed when amino acids are bonded together? correct answers Proteins
What are essential fatty acids? correct answers fats that can't be produced, help regulate blood
pressure and synthesis and repair vital cell parts
,What is a starch? correct answers multiple units of glucose
What is a simple carbohydrate? correct answers sucrose, and glucose
What is the difference between a micro and macronutrient? correct answers Macronutrients:
provide calories needed in a diet, energy yielding nutrients(carbs, lipids/fat, and protein, along
with water in LARGE amounts
Micronutrients(vitamins): do NOT provide calories, needed in mg or microgram quantities in
diets such as vitamins and minerals.
-enable rxn to occur in body, release energy trapped in carbs, lipids, and proteins.
What are 4 fat soluble vitamins? correct answers A, D, E, K
What does the FNB(food nutrition board) advise? correct answers protein:10-35%
Carbs: 45-65%
fat: 20-35%
How many deaths occur yearly due to obesity? correct answers 200,000
What does myplate look like? correct answers 2/3 Animal sources
1/3 plants
1/2 carbs simple sugars
other=1/2 starches
What does a healthful diet include? correct answers variety w/nutrient dense foods, whole grains,
fruits, vegetables low fat, fat free milk, lean meats and other protein sources, limit intake of fats,
cholesterol, added sugars, sodium, and alcohol, limit caloric intake.
What is malnutrition? correct answers failing health from longstanding dietary practices that do
not coincide w/nutritional needs
What are the healthy people objectives 2020? correct answers Increase access to healthier food
Improve health care and workplace
Improve % of healthy weight people in population
Reduce food insecurity (1-5 children)
Improve food and nutrient consumption
prevent iron deficiency
metric unit conversions: correct answers 1OZ=28g
Kg=1000g/2.2
1qt=4 cups/1L/.0946
2.54cm=1 in
1lb=2.2kg
, What are phytochemicals? correct answers A chemical found in plants, may contribute to
reduced risk of cancer or heart disease if consumed regularly (not essential nutrients).
Ex: blueberries and strawberries
What are Electrolytes? correct answers sodium, potassium, and chloride-separate ions into water,
are able to conduct electrical current
What are major and trace minerals? correct answers Major-more than 100 milligrams
trace-less than 100 milligrams
What is a mineral? correct answers Element used to promote chemical reactions and to form
body structures
The term "kcal" is used to describe: correct answers (those that provide us with calories to meet
energy needs)Heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1000 grams (1L) of water 1 degree
Celsius=Calories
This serves as a starting point for estimating calorie needs
A. RDA
B. AI
C. EER
D. UL
E. DRI
F. DV correct answers C. EER (Estimated energy requirement)
-adjusted upward if individual is very active
-EER needs to be specific, taking into account age, gender, height, weight, and physical activity
5 basic tastes? correct answers sweet, salty, bitter, savory, sour
Correct order of digestion... correct answers mouth->esophagus->stomach->small intestine-
>large intestine-> rectum/anus
Which of the following is not required to have a nutrition facts label?
Bread
Fresh Produce
Diet soda
