CSNN-Classes 1 & 2 Macronutrients Practice Questions and Answers

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CSNN-Classes 1 & 2 Macronutrients
Practice Questions and Answers


Where does Carbohydrate (CHO) originate from? - Ans:✔✔-CHO is a product of plant photosynthesis.


Photosynthesis - occurs in plants. Roots pick up water from the ground. Leaves take Carbon dioxide from

the air. The two elements combined with sunlight emit oxygen. Man needs oxygen.


What is the Role of Carbohydrate (CHO) in the body? - Ans:✔✔-CHO is the primary & preferred source of

energy used to carry out all body functions.




Man gives off carbon dioxide (CO2) & water (H2O) Plants take up CO2; combine it with H2O & sunlight




Man & animals eat plants & breathe oxygen


Describe the carbohydrate cycle that exists between living things and plants? - Ans:✔✔-1. Plants

produce oxygen & complex sugars & starches (02 & CnH2nOn


2. Man & animals eat plants & breathe oxygen

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3. Man gi vest off carbon dioxide (CO2) & water (H2O). Plants take up CO2: combine it with H2O &

sunlight.


What is the overall equation for the photosynthesis that occurs in plants? - Ans:✔✔-6CO2 (Carbon

Dioxide) + 6H2O (Water) --Light--> C6H12O6 (sugar) + 6O2 (oxygen)


What is the role of macronutrients in the diet? - Ans:✔✔-


What is the role of vitamins in the diet? - Ans:✔✔-


What is the role of minerals in the diet? - Ans:✔✔-


What is the link between nutrition and preventative medicine? - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Explain the importance of water. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Why is water an essential part of our basic needs? - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Explain how digestion, absorption, and the eliminative processes affect adequate nutrition. -

Ans:✔✔-


BE-Explain the role macronutrients (carbohydrate, proteins, lipids "fats and oils") have in the diet and the

relationship of quality, insufficiency and excess to your state of health. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-What are the major vitamins needed for health? - Ans:✔✔-



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BE-What are the major minerals needed for health? - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Identify the major vitamins and minerals; list their sources, and important functions for physical and

mental health. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-List and evaluate other nutritional/biochemical supplements that are in common use. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Recognize various types of diets. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-List some of the nutritional problems and diseases associated with the Standard American Diet. -

Ans:✔✔-


BE-What dietary habits undermine our health? - Ans:✔✔-


BE-What can a person do to overcome poor dietary habits? - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Describe the three basic metabolic functions: building, cleansing, and maintenance. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Explain the importance of water and why it is an essential part of our basic needs. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Why has city tap water come to be considered a processed, unnatural substance? - Ans:✔✔-


BE-Discuss the various sources of water available to us. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-List the factors that may influence the amount of water we need individually. - Ans:✔✔-




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BE-Explain how digestion, absorption, and the eliminative processes affect adequate nutrition. -

Ans:✔✔-


BE-Describe the functions of the digestive system organs. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-List the enzyme secretions from the digestive system organs. - Ans:✔✔-


BE-What effect do enzyme secretions have on the food entering the digestive system? - Ans:✔✔-


What effect does the mouth have on food entering the digestive system? - Ans:✔✔-The mouth

(including tongue & teeth) mechanically breaks down food into smaller particles (mastication) Mixes

food with saliva that contain digestive enzymes such as salivary amylase (which helps the breakdown of

carbohydrates).


What are the 3 salivary glands that exist in the mouth? - Ans:✔✔-The 3 pairs of exocrine salivary glands

in the mouth are : parotid, submandibular & sublingual glands.


What is the role of the esophagus in the digestion process? - Ans:✔✔-The esophagus propels food

downward to the stomach through peristalsis.


What role does the pancreas play in digestion? - Ans:✔✔-The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes into

the duodenum that break down all of the macronutrients (protein, fats and carbohydrates). Produces

and secretes the endocrine hormones insulin and glucagon.


What role does the liver play in digestion? - Ans:✔✔-The liver:

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