DIT 121 - Nutrition 1 - Exam 2 Review Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Score Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025)
Define: metabolism - Correct Answers ✅the sum of all
chemical processes that go on in the body Define catabolism and give examples of catabolism in the body. - Correct Answers ✅reactions in which larger molecules are broken down into smaller ones; they release energy
example:
Define anabolism and give examples of anabolism in the body. - Correct Answers ✅reactions in which small molecules are put together to build larger ones; they require energy.
example: making glycogen from glucose
What is ADP? - Correct Answers ✅adenosine diphosphate; molecule that ATP becomes when it gives up one of its three phosphate groups; low energy like an uncharged battery.What is ATP (Adenosine triphosphate)? - Correct Answers ✅a common high-energy compound composed of purine (adenine), a sugar (ribose) and three phosphate groups.What is the unique chemical structure of triglycerides? - Correct Answers ✅stored in adipose cell. come from 1 / 2
DIT 121 - Nutrition 1 - Exam 2 Review Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Score Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) glycerol and fatty acids. 1 molecule of glycerol with 3 fatty acids attached What is the unique chemical structure of proteins? - Correct Answers ✅composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen atoms, arranged in amino acids linked in a chain.Some amino acids also contain sulfur atoms.What form of energy is used in the early (first 24) hours of
fasting? - Correct Answers ✅Energy Used: glucose
What form of energy is used in late fasting? - Correct
Answers ✅Energy Used: 90% fat used; 10 % protein
Explain ketosis and its impact on the body. - Correct Answers ✅a high concentration of ketone bodies in the blood and urine that are produced during incomplete breakdown of fat when glucose is not available in the cells.Fruity breath, loss of appetite occurs and metabolism slows.How is ketosis reversed? - Correct Answers ✅by eating; getting nutrients How is excess energy stored in the body? - Correct Answers ✅in the liver as glycogen; in adipose cells as fat
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