Your First Big Biology Exam Is Coming Up in a Few

question 11

Multiple Choice

Your first big biology exam is coming up in a few days, and in order to prepare for late-night study sessions, you buy a box of Yummies, a delicious type of snack cake. After checking out the nutrition facts label on the side of the box, you discover that a single Yummie cake contains 4.5 grams of total fat, 27 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, and 1 gram of protein.
-After eating a Yummie cake, which of the following metabolic processes is likely occurring at the fastest rate?

• A) hydrolysis of glycogen
• B) dehydration reactions involving glucose
• C) dehydration reactions involving fatty acids
• D) hydrolysis of cellulose

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Definitions:

Ordinary Goods

Products or services whose demand increases when consumer income rises, and falls when consumer income decreases.

Coffee

A brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffea plant, and a significant commodity in global trade.

Cream

The top layer of milk that is richer in fat and can be skimmed off, used metaphorically to refer to the best or choicest part of something.

Marginal Utilities

Additional satisfaction derived from consuming an extra unit of a product, emphasizing the declining utility with increased consumption.