SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Nutrition And Wellness
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
health-and-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A substance added to food products that causes desired changes in the products
Target heart rate
Eating disorder
Intensity
Food additive
2. The overall condition of a person's attitudes
Health
Balance
Psychological health
Energy balance
3. The ability to keep working the muscles without becoming overly tired
Endurance
Anorexia nervosa
Fat soluble vitamin
Diuretic
4. Combined state of physical - psychological - emotional - and social well being
Psychological health
Social health
Health
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
5. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Vegetarianism
Simple carbohydrates
6. The overall condition of a person's body
Physical health
Micromineral
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Fad diets
7. A protein that is missing one or more of the essential amino acids
Atherosclerosis
Incomplete protein
MyPyramid
Saturated fatty acid
8. Lack of - or inability to use the hormone insulin - which results in the build up of glucose in the bloodstream
Diabetes mellitus
Coordination
Physical activity
Anabolic steroid
9. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Wellness
Antioxidant
Vitamins
Carbohydrate
10. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
Diabetes mellitus
Atherosclerosis
Sedentary
Body composition
11. One of the building blocks of protein molecules
Dehydration
Amino acid
Starch
Non essential amino acid
12. Physical activity that requires oxygen as it works the heart and lungs
Minerals
Complete protein
Endurance
Aerobic activity
13. Starches; carbohydrates made of many sugars attached together
Fad diets
Health
Diuretic
Complex carbohydrates
14. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Complete protein
Vitamins
Energy balance
15. A state in which the body contains a lower than normal amount of body fluid
Eating disorder
Genetic engineering
Diuretic
Dehydration
16. A fatty acid that has at least one double bond between two carbon atoms in a carbon atom chain and is missing at least two hydrogen atoms; is liquid at room temperature
Body composition
Binge eating disorder
Sugars
Unsaturated fatty acid
17. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Micromineral
Energy balance
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Carbohydrate loading
18. A psychological disorder in which one repeatedly binges and then purges
Simple carbohydrates
Macromineral
Bulimia nervosa
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
19. A fatty acid with an odd molecule shape that forms when oils are partially hydrogenated
Physical health
Target heart rate
Trans-fatty acid
Protein
20. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Essential amino acid
Technology
Anorexia nervosa
Genetic engineering
21. The use of muscles to move the body
Target heart rate
Physical activity
Irradiation
Emotional health
22. A commercial food preservation method that exposes food to gamma rays to increase shelf life and kill harmful microorganisms
Starch
Minerals
Balance
Irradiation
23. The range of heartbeats per minute at which the heart muscle receives the best workout; 60 to 90 percent of maximum heart rate
Target heart rate
Saturated fatty acid
Coordination
Protein
24. A vitamin that dissolves in fats; A -D -E - and K
Nutrient
Cholesterol
Fat soluble vitamin
Essential amino acid
25. Lack of - or inability to use the hormone insulin - which results in the build up of glucose in the bloodstream
Physical health
Diabetes mellitus
Flexibility
Target heart rate
26. Picks up cholesterol from around the body and transports it back to the liver for removal from the body
Complex carbohydrates
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Saturated fatty acid
Binge eating disorder
27. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Social health
Fat
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Dehydration
28. A state in which the body contains a lower than normal amount of body fluid
Bulimia nervosa
Dehydration
Macromineral
Health
29. Carries cholesterol made by the liver to the blood cells
Physical health
Diuretic
Electrolytes
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
30. A vitamin that dissolves in fats; A -D -E - and K
Target heart rate
Carbohydrate loading
Fat soluble vitamin
Culture
31. An amino acid that can be synthesized by the body
Lactose intolerance
Organic food
Physical health
Non essential amino acid
32. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Culture
Fat soluble vitamin
Social health
Emotional health
33. USDA's guide for a personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity; found at www.mypyramid.gov
Cholesterol
Flexibility
Aerobic activity
MyPyramid
34. The use of muscles to move the body
Aerobic activity
Diabetes mellitus
Food drug interaction
Physical activity
35. Sugars; carbohydrates made of one or two sugar units
Minerals
Simple carbohydrates
Cholesterol
MyPyramid
36. Physically inactive
Atherosclerosis
Anaerobic activity
Physical activity
Sedentary
37. A technique used by endurance athletes to trick the muscles into storing glycogen for extra energy
Eating disorder
Carbohydrate loading
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Diabetes mellitus
38. The ability to move muscles and joints through a full range of motion
Food additive
Non essential amino acid
Flexibility
Balance
39. A fatty acid that has at least one double bond between two carbon atoms in a carbon atom chain and is missing at least two hydrogen atoms; is liquid at room temperature
Electrolytes
Unsaturated fatty acid
Wellness
Food drug interaction
40. A fatty acid that has no double bonds in its chemical structure and carries a full load of hydrogen atoms; solid at room temperature.
Anaerobic activity
Amino acid
Saturated fatty acid
Intensity
41. A collective term used to refer to all the monosaccharides and disaccharides
Physical fitness
Sugars
Aerobic activity
Atherosclerosis
42. The speed and power of movement during physical activities
Starch
Culture
Dental caries
Intensity
43. A substance that increases urine production
Simple carbohydrates
Diuretic
Anabolic steroid
MyPyramid
44. Tooth decay
Hypoglycemia
Diabetes mellitus
Amino acid
Dental caries
45. The process of acquiring and maintaining physical - psychological - emotional - and social health
Lactose intolerance
Wellness
Culture
Cardio respiratory endurance
46. Low blood glucose levels
Psychological health
Hypoglycemia
Antioxidant
Carbohydrate
47. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body (see also Coordination)
Complex carbohydrates
Physical fitness
Wellness
Balance
48. Inability to digest lactose
Food additive
Lactose intolerance
Non essential amino acid
Nutrient
49. A commercial food preservation method that exposes food to gamma rays to increase shelf life and kill harmful microorganisms
Strength
Irradiation
Dietary fiber
Health
50. Enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level
Phytochemicals
Vitamins
Physical health
Energy balance