NUTRITION 2000 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
the recommended amounts of the six food groups per 2,000 calories (USDA my plate) -
- Answer ✔✔ - fruit: 2 cups
-vegetables: 2.5 cups
- grains: 6 ounces
- protein: 5.5 ounces
-milk: 3 cups
- oils: 6 teaspoons
food labels must include -- Answer ✔✔ 1) Name of item
2) Name and address of manufacturer
3) Packer
4) Distributor
5) Net contents by weight and count
6) List of ingredients
7) Dietary properties- nutrition content
Nutrition fact label must include -- Answer ✔✔ 1) serving size
2) servings per container
3) calories/calories from fat
4) nutrient amounts and percentages of daily values
5) vitamins and minerals
6) daily values and calories- per-gram reminder
Nutrient claims on food labels -- Answer ✔✔ FDA- approved food label statements that
describe the nutrient levels in food (fat-free)
Health claims on food labels -- Answer ✔✔ FDA - approved food label statements that
link food constituents with disease
, Structure-function claims on food labels -- Answer ✔✔ legal but largely unregulated
statements, this does not require FDA approval only notification
hairlike projections -- Answer ✔✔ typical of cells that absorb nutrients in the intestines
membrane -- Answer ✔✔ encloses each cells contents
inner membrane -- Answer ✔✔ encloses the cell’s nucleus
Nucleus -- Answer ✔✔ A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for
growth and reproduction
Mitochondria -- Answer ✔✔ Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP
(energy) production
inborn errors of metabolism -- Answer ✔✔ genetic variation present from birth that
may result in disease.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) -- Answer ✔✔ inborn error of metabolism (example)
body fluids (transporting) -- Answer ✔✔ -supply energy, oxygen, nutrients, and water
-deliver fresh supplies and pick up wastes
circulating body fluids -- Answer ✔✔ blood, plasma and lymph
Plasma -- Answer ✔✔ Liquid part of blood
lymph -- Answer ✔✔ a colorless fluid containing white blood cells, which bathes the
tissues and drains through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream.
blood circulation -- Answer ✔✔ blood leaves the heart via the left ventricle into the
aorta and onto the body through the artery, arterioles then capillary beds, venules and
then veins to the superior and inferior vena cava and into the right atrium, right
CORRECT ANSWERS
the recommended amounts of the six food groups per 2,000 calories (USDA my plate) -
- Answer ✔✔ - fruit: 2 cups
-vegetables: 2.5 cups
- grains: 6 ounces
- protein: 5.5 ounces
-milk: 3 cups
- oils: 6 teaspoons
food labels must include -- Answer ✔✔ 1) Name of item
2) Name and address of manufacturer
3) Packer
4) Distributor
5) Net contents by weight and count
6) List of ingredients
7) Dietary properties- nutrition content
Nutrition fact label must include -- Answer ✔✔ 1) serving size
2) servings per container
3) calories/calories from fat
4) nutrient amounts and percentages of daily values
5) vitamins and minerals
6) daily values and calories- per-gram reminder
Nutrient claims on food labels -- Answer ✔✔ FDA- approved food label statements that
describe the nutrient levels in food (fat-free)
Health claims on food labels -- Answer ✔✔ FDA - approved food label statements that
link food constituents with disease
, Structure-function claims on food labels -- Answer ✔✔ legal but largely unregulated
statements, this does not require FDA approval only notification
hairlike projections -- Answer ✔✔ typical of cells that absorb nutrients in the intestines
membrane -- Answer ✔✔ encloses each cells contents
inner membrane -- Answer ✔✔ encloses the cell’s nucleus
Nucleus -- Answer ✔✔ A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for
growth and reproduction
Mitochondria -- Answer ✔✔ Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP
(energy) production
inborn errors of metabolism -- Answer ✔✔ genetic variation present from birth that
may result in disease.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) -- Answer ✔✔ inborn error of metabolism (example)
body fluids (transporting) -- Answer ✔✔ -supply energy, oxygen, nutrients, and water
-deliver fresh supplies and pick up wastes
circulating body fluids -- Answer ✔✔ blood, plasma and lymph
Plasma -- Answer ✔✔ Liquid part of blood
lymph -- Answer ✔✔ a colorless fluid containing white blood cells, which bathes the
tissues and drains through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream.
blood circulation -- Answer ✔✔ blood leaves the heart via the left ventricle into the
aorta and onto the body through the artery, arterioles then capillary beds, venules and
then veins to the superior and inferior vena cava and into the right atrium, right
