HW - 3/13/13

Tonight's homework is to complete Assignment 13 in order to help you review for Friday's quiz. See below.

Assignment #13 - Digestion and Macronutrients Quiz Review Questions

Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.

1. Define a calorie in your own words. Be specific.

2. Rank the macronutrients that we have studied in terms of the amount of calories per gram they store.

3. Contrast mechanical and chemical digestion.

4. Which organs are responsible for mechanical digestion?

5. Which organs are responsible for chemical digestion?

6. Describe the complete path that ingested food takes through the digestive system.

7. Complete the following table.

Macronutrient	Role(s)	Examples	Sources	Organ(s) Responsible for Digestion and Absorption of Macronutrient
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins

8. Describe the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats.

9. Use the nutrition label on the right to answer the following questions.

a. How many grams of unsaturated fat does the food contain?

b. How many grams of starch does the food contain?

c. How many calories from carbohydrates does this food contain?