Chapter 41: Animal Nutrition
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Categorize
Gorillas, cows, hares, and many snails
sharks, hawks, spiders, and snakes
Eats plants & algae
Eats other animals
cockroaches, bears, raccoons, and humans
Eats plants, animals, & algae
Organize these options into the right categories.
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Multiple Choice
True of False: The terms herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore represent the kinds of food that an animal usually eats, but most animals are opportunistic, occasionally eating foods that are outside their main dietary category.
True
False
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Categorize
Most animals require only 8 of these
Deficiency in this can cause protein deficiency
Causes the most common type of malnutrition
Animals cannot synthesize unsaturated versions of this
Organic molecules required in small quantities
Only 13 are essential to humans
Can be grouped in water or fat soluble
Over consumption of some can be deposited in body fat
Inorganic molecules required in small amounts
Examples are calcium & phosphorous that humans require for bone maintenance & growth
Examples include B, A, D, E, K
Materials that an animal’s cells require but cannot synthesize are called essential nutrients. Sort the features of each category of essential nutrients.
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Multiple Select
Which of the following are considered fat soluble vitamins?
A
D
C
K
B
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Match
Match the following vitamins to their functions.
several compounds that function as coenzymes in key metabolic processes.
required for the production of connective tissue.
aids in calcium absorption and bone formation
seems to protect membrane phospholipids from oxidation.
required for blood clotting
B
C
D
E
K
B
C
D
E
K
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Multiple Choice
True or False: Fat soluble vitamins that are consumed in excess are secreted in waste.
True
False
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Categorize
Bone deformities in children & bone softening in adults
Rickets
Aids in absorption and use of
calcium and phosphorus
Dairy products, egg yolk
Dark green and orange vegetables
and fruits, dairy products
Blindness, skin disorders, & impaired immunity
Vegetable oils, nuts, seeds
Antioxidant; helps prevent damage
to cell membranes
Nervous system degeneration
Green vegetables, tea; also made
by colon bacteria
Important in blood clotting
Defective blood clotting
Organize these options into the right categories regarding fat soluble vitamins.
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Match
Match the importance of each mineral to their function.
necessary for the normal functioning of nerves and muscles
component of the cytochromes that function in cellular respiration and of hemoglobin, the oxygen-binding protein of red blood cells
present in enzymes that split ATP
required for thyroid hormones, which regulate metabolic rate
component of the cytochromes that function in cellular respiration
Calcium
Iron
Magnesium
Iodine
Phosphorus
Calcium
Iron
Magnesium
Iodine
Phosphorus
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Fill in the Blanks
When an animal is undernourished, it uses up stored fat and carbohydrates, and the body begins breaking down what for fuel?
Type answer...
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Multiple Choice
The study of human health and disease at the population level is known as?
Epidemiology
Immunology
Phenology
Human Anatomy & Physiology
All of the above
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Match
Match the following food processing stages to what occurs during it.
act of eating
process of breaking food down into molecules small enough for the body to absorb
cells take up small molecules such as amino acids and simple sugars from the digestive compartment
undigested material passes out of the digestive compartment
Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
elimination
Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
elimination
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Match
Match the following macromolecules to what they get broken down into during digestion.
Simple Sugar
Glycerol & Fatty acids
Amino Acids
Nucleotides
Polysaccharides and disaccharides
Fats
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Polysaccharides and disaccharides
Fats
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
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Multiple Select
Which of the following are examples of mechanical digestion?
Chewing
Swallowing
Peristalsis
Segmentation
Enzymes
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Match
Match the following types of feeders to their diet.
Sift small food particles from water
Live in / on the food source
Eat partially decayed organic material in soil
Suck nutrient-rich fluids from a living host
Eat relatively large pieces of food
Filter Feeders
Substrate Feeders
Deposit Feeders
Fluid Feeders
Bulk Feeders
Filter Feeders
Substrate Feeders
Deposit Feeders
Fluid Feeders
Bulk Feeders
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Match
Match the following types of feeders to their diet.
Whales
Larvae
Worm
Mosquitos
Birds
Filter Feeders
Substrate Feeders
Deposit Feeders
Fluid Feeders
Bulk Feeders
Filter Feeders
Substrate Feeders
Deposit Feeders
Fluid Feeders
Bulk Feeders
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