Your Friend Always Refers to Meat as Protein

question 63

Multiple Choice

Your friend always refers to meat as protein. You try to correct her by stating that:

• A) practically all foods contain mixtures of the energy-yielding nutrients.
• B) protein is not the predominant nutrient in meat.
• C) protein-rich foods are always high in fat.
• D) meat contains more carbohydrate than protein.
• E) protein is an inorganic nutrient.

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Definitions:

Gaseous System

A state of matter composed of particles that have neither a defined volume nor shape, often able to expand to fill any container.

Temperature

The average kinetic energy of particles within a substance, which shows the temperature level, defining its heat or coldness.

Mass Spectroscopy

An analytical technique that measures the mass-to-charge ratio of ions to identify and quantify molecules in a sample.

Magnetic Field

A vector field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials.