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1. Which of these are considered to be carbohydrates?
a) Sugar
b) Starch
c) Fiber
d) Bread
e) Potatoes
Answer: Carbohydrates are two types - simple and complex carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates
are monosaccharides and disaccharides or sugars. Complex carb
ohydrates are starch, glycogen
etc. Fiber is also complex carbohydrate. Therefore, options a, b and c is correct.
2. Which of these are considered to be simple carbohydrates?
a) Monosaccharides b) Disaccharides c) Polysaccharides
Answer: Carbohydrates are two types - simple and complex carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates
are monosaccharides and disaccharides or sugars. Complex carbohydrates are starch, glycogen
etc. Fiber is also complex carbohydrate. Complex carbohydrates are also known as
polysaccharides. Options and b are correct.
3. What do the structures of all 3 disaccharides have in common?
Answer: Disaccharides include maltose, sucrose and lactose. Maltose contains 2 glucose units.
Sucrose contains glucose and fructose. Lactose contains glucose and galactose. Therefore, the 3
disaccharides commonly contain glucose.
4. Which sugar needs to be enzymatically digested to be absorbed?
a) glucose
b) fructose
c) galactose
d) sucrose
Answer: Monosaccharides like glucose, fructose and galactose are small enough to be absorbed
by the intestines. The disaccharides like maltose, sucrose and lactose must be enzymatically
broken down to get absorbed. Therefore, option d is correct.
5. Which type of sugar is in honey? (See also” Food Sources and Health Benefits of
Macronutrients” document posted in moodle for help.)
a) Monosaccharides
b) Disaccharides
Answer: Honey contains mostly fructose in it. Therefore, it is a monodsaccharide. Option (a) is
correct.
6. Which type of sugar is in table sugar? (See also” Food Sources and Health Benefits of
Macronutrients” document posted in moodle for help.)
a) Monosaccharides
b) Disaccharides
Answer: Table sugar mostly contains sucrose. Sucrose is a disaccharide. Option b is correct.
7. What type of carbohydrate(s) is/are absorbed into the blood stream from the small
intestine?
a) monosaccharides
b) disaccharides
c) only glucose
Answer: Monosaccharides like glucose, fructose and galactose are small enough to be absorbed
by the intestines. The disaccharides like maltose, sucrose and lactose must be enzymatically
broken down to get absorbed. Option (a) is correct.
8. Starch is a plant's storage form of what? ______________
Answer: starch is the storage form of glucose in plants.
9. Glycogen is an animal's storage form of what? ______________
Answer: Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in animals.
10. Which of the following is a correct statement:
a) Glycogen is abundant in foods like meat.
b) Glycogen is nearly undetectable in meats.
Answer: Glycogen is source of glucose and energy in animals. Therefore, option a is correct.
11. True or False. Muscle...
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