Portage Nutrition BIOD121 Exam 4 Questions and Correct Answers 100%
1. Vitamins are necessary for a variety of processes, select all that apply.
Digestion Energy
Source
Absorption
Metabolism
Water Balance: digestion Absorption
Metabolism
2. Provide two examples of Essential Vitamins that can be synthesized by our bodies.:
Essential vitamins that can be synthesized include vitamin K, vitamin D, biotin and vitamin
A and niacin
3. You purchase a container of Apple Juice marketed for children. The label states that
this juice contains Vitamin D and E.This is an example of a product that has been .
Briefly explain your answer.: Fortified- vitamins added to a product that are not normally
in the food product.
4. Which of the following is not a fat soluble vitamin?
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Vitamin K
Vitamin E: vitamin c
5. Carotenoids and retinal are two forms of what vitamin?: Vitamin A
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, 6. A friend recently had her annual physical, and her doctor informed her that her
Vitamin A levels were too low. As a nurse, she comes to you for advice on what foods to
consume to increase her vitamin A intake. Provide 4 examples of foods that are rich in
preformed Vitamin A.: All of the following are good sources of preformed Vitamin A- liver,
fish, fish oils, fortified milk, yogurt and eggs
7. Free Radicals: damages cell membranes and alters the cells DNA
8. Ergocalciferol: a synthetic form of vitamin D
9. Antioxidants: stops potential damage to cells
10. Coagulation: process of blood clotting
11. True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
The water soluble vitamins have a high likelihood of being toxic if consumed in high
amounts.: False: The water soluble vitamins have a low likelihood of being toxic if
consumed in high amounts.
OR
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1. Vitamins are necessary for a variety of processes, select all that apply.
Digestion Energy
Source
Absorption
Metabolism
Water Balance: digestion Absorption
Metabolism
2. Provide two examples of Essential Vitamins that can be synthesized by our bodies.:
Essential vitamins that can be synthesized include vitamin K, vitamin D, biotin and vitamin
A and niacin
3. You purchase a container of Apple Juice marketed for children. The label states that
this juice contains Vitamin D and E.This is an example of a product that has been .
Briefly explain your answer.: Fortified- vitamins added to a product that are not normally
in the food product.
4. Which of the following is not a fat soluble vitamin?
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Vitamin K
Vitamin E: vitamin c
5. Carotenoids and retinal are two forms of what vitamin?: Vitamin A
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, 6. A friend recently had her annual physical, and her doctor informed her that her
Vitamin A levels were too low. As a nurse, she comes to you for advice on what foods to
consume to increase her vitamin A intake. Provide 4 examples of foods that are rich in
preformed Vitamin A.: All of the following are good sources of preformed Vitamin A- liver,
fish, fish oils, fortified milk, yogurt and eggs
7. Free Radicals: damages cell membranes and alters the cells DNA
8. Ergocalciferol: a synthetic form of vitamin D
9. Antioxidants: stops potential damage to cells
10. Coagulation: process of blood clotting
11. True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
The water soluble vitamins have a high likelihood of being toxic if consumed in high
amounts.: False: The water soluble vitamins have a low likelihood of being toxic if
consumed in high amounts.
OR
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