Quizzes are given throughout the semester for this course. The quizzes are mostly short-answer questions based on the your readings. The purpose of the quiz is to self-assess your knowledge and understanding of the content, not to cheat the instructor and yourself. When you start the quiz, please do not refer to your textbook. Finish as much as you can on your own without using a textbook and then finish the rest with the help of the textbook. If you can answer all the questions without using the textbook, you are excellent. If you can answer most questions, you are very good. Now after the quiz, you know what part you need to work on. If you can only answer less than half of the questions without referring to a text book, you are ok, but you need to read more carefully. If you can't answer any of the questions on the quiz without consulting the textbook, you need to re-read the chapter(s) and take the quiz a second time. Please be honest with yourself.

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Due by 9:00AM on Thursday, May 17

1. List 4 of the many reasons people make their food choices.
2. List the 6 essential nutrients and indicate if they are organic or inorganic.
3. List the 3 energy yielding nutrients and indicate the amount of energy each one supplies per gram.
4. List the 4 methods used for nutrition assessment of individuals.
5. By law, food labels must state as a percentage of the Daily Values the amounts of which 4 vitamins and minerals.
6. In order for a food to be labeled “low fat”, what must the fat content be?
7. Food label information is based on what calorie level?
8. List the 6 organs that produce digestive secretions and state the secretion they produce.
9. Nutrients are absorbed into either the circulatory or the lymphatic systems.  Which nutrients are absorbed into each of the systems?
10. Is there a necessity to combine certain foods, or not eat certain foods at the same time?  Why or why not?
11. List 2 types of muscle action that help move food through the digestive system.
12. What is the purpose of digestion?