Question

Peter is a 17-year-old high school student who loves pizza. His parents own a pizza restaurant, so he works part-time in the kitchen and eats pizza nearly every day. Although he’s a relatively tall kid at 6 feet, 1 inch, he’s a little pudgy around the middle. His mom thinks he’s too heavy at 210 pounds and she’s worried that he might have high cholesterol. He’s also plagued with acne on his face, which makes him embarrassed to talk to girls. Peter’s taking nutrition and health classes in school and is starting to think a little differently about his diet. The old saying, “You are what you eat” has really made an impression on him as he can’t help but think how the pizza has impacted his body and health.

1. When learning about how often some cells replenish themselves, Peter was encouraged to know that the some skin cells are essentially replaced every how many days?

a. 30 days

b. 120–350 days

c. 60–260 days

d. 3 days

e. 10–120 days

2. Peter was surprised to learn that, in addition to blood, there's another type of circulating body fluid that flows within separate vessels. What is the name of this circulating fluid that doesn't contain red blood cells?

a. urine

b. saliva

c. mucus

d. lymph

e. plasma

3. When Peter eats pizza and the carbohydrates in the crust (dough) are metabolized into glucose, what hormone is released into the blood by his pancreas to deal with the glucose?

a. insulin

b. epinephrine

c. neurotransmitters

d. glucagon

e. lymph

4. Peter read that eating a diet full of processed foods and fats won't help to promote the good bacteria in our colon. These good bacteria keep us healthy. Which breakfast is a good way to introduce good bacteria to our gut?

a. bacon and hash browns

b. yogurt and granola

c. eggs and sausage

d. cereal with milk and a glass of orange juice

e. omelet with processed cheese and yellow peppers

5. Peter loves the taste of his parents' pizza, which got him thinking of the different types of taste sensations. What are the five basic chemical tastes that taste buds on the tongue can detect?

a. sweet, hot, cold, salty, and bitter

b. sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami

c. savory, sour, acidic, hot, and cold

d. sweet, bitter, salty, umami, and savory

e. savory, sweet, acidic, alkaline, and salty

6. Peter realizes that the cheese, pepperoni, and olive oil on his favorite pizza all contain fat. He was curious where fat is primarily digested and broken down and found out that it's in the what?

a. stomach

b. large intestine

c. small intestine

d. pancreas

e. gallbladder

7. Eating pizza doesn't normally cause intestinal gas or bloating for Peter, unless he drinks milk with it. What condition might Peter have?

a. inability to digest lactose

b. stomach ulcer

c. GERD

d. hemorrhoids

e. irritable bowel syndrome

8. When Peter feasts on pizza and takes in more nutrients than his body needs, excess carbohydrate gets stored as glycogen. Where in Peter's body is glycogen stored?

a. adipose tissue

b. large intestine

c. liver and gallbladder

d. fat cells

Answer 1

1. 30days
2. Lymph
3. Insulin
4. Yogurt and granola
5. sweet,sour,salty,bitter and umami
6. Small intestine
7. Inability to digest lactose
8. Liver