Match the Term with the Definition

question 11

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the definition.
-Nutritional environment

• A) Usually end in "-ase" and accelerate, or catalyze, chemical reactions, such as breaking down foods through digestion.
• B) Organic compounds that are the building blocks for protein.
• C) Consist of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; sometimes classified as "simple" (monosaccharides and disaccharides) and "complex" (polysaccharides).
• D) The environment where people purchase and eat food.
• E) Process used for nearly a century in industrialized countries as a means of restoring micronutrients lost by food processing.
• F) Nondigestible complex carbohydrates found only in plant materials.
• G) Areas high in fast-food outlets but low in grocery stores.
• H) Breaking down of food by chewing.
• I) Different cultures can have better overall health outcomes than others, due, in large part, to their diets
• J) Cells become resistant to insulin and the pancreas responds to the rising blood sugar by producing more and more insulin; eventually the pancreas loses control over blood sugar regulation.

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Definitions:

Microbes

Microscopic organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, that can be either beneficial or harmful to other organisms.

Bicarbonate

A negatively charged ion that plays a significant role in maintaining the pH balance of blood and other fluids in the body.

Chyme

The semifluid mass of partly digested food that moves from the stomach to the small intestine.

Small Intestine

A part of the gastrointestinal tract between the stomach and large intestine, where most of the digestion and absorption of food takes place.