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Quiz 5 (June 11-17)

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.

Due by 9:00AM on Thursday, June 14

  1. What is the difference between major minerals and trace minerals?
  2. List 4 roles of water in the body.
  3. What are the sources of water for the body?
  4. How is water lost from the body?
  5. List the 2 major ions outside the cell.  What is their charge?
  6. List the 4 major ions found inside the cell.  What is their charge?
  7. What is the charge of an anion?  Of a cation?
  8. Where do Americans get most of the sodium in their diet?
  9. One percent of the body’s calcium is in the blood.  It is vital to life.  What are 3 of its roles?
  10. What are 3 things a young person can do to prevent osteoporosis?
  11. Where does one get heme iron?  Non heme iron?
  12. What enhances iron absorption?  Inhibits it?
  13. What factors affect the bioavailability of zinc?
  14. What is the principle function of iodide in the body?
  15. What is the principle function of selenium in the body?
  16. What is the principle function of copper in the body?
  17. What is the principle function of flouride in the body?
  18. What is the principle function of chromium in the body?


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