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A moderately active 21-year-old female has a choice of eating a 2,500-Calorie meal that is primarily protein or a 2,500-Calorie meal that is primarily sugar.What would be the result,in terms of energy,of choosing one over the other?


A) Nothing;she would burn all these calories,given her age,gender,and activity level.
B) She would store the excess calories as protein,regardless which meal she ate.
C) She would store the excess calories as protein if she ate the protein meal,and as glycogen if she ate the sugar meal.
D) In either case,once her glycogen stores are replenished,she will store the excess calories as fat.
E) Regardless of the number of calories,she will get more energy from the sugar meal.

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Which process is not correctly matched with its cellular location?


A) glycolysis-cytoplasm
B) citric acid cycle-mitochondria
C) glycolysis-mitochondria
D) electron transport-mitochondria
E) None of the answers are correct;they are all correctly matched.

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If you ingest carbon in the form of sugar,then that carbon is released from your body as _____.


A) sugar
B) fat
C) CO If you ingest carbon in the form of sugar,then that carbon is released from your body as _____. A)  sugar B)  fat C)  CO   D)  protein E)  part of urine
D) protein
E) part of urine

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The cells carrying out cellular aerobic respiration in humans obtain oxygen from


A) blood from tissues.
B) rough ER.
C) blood from the lungs.
D) Golgi apparatus.
E) mitochondria.

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Our bodies are designed for long-term energy storage of


A) triglycerides in muscle and liver cells.
B) glucose in liver cells.
C) triglycerides in fat cells.
D) glycogen in liver.
E) glycogen in muscle.

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Cyanide is a poison that works by preventing oxygen from receiving electrons.Therefore,cyanide directly affects which stage of cellular respiration?


A) glycolysis
B) the citric acid cycle
C) electron-transport chain
D) A and B but not C
E) A,B,and C

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Once excess calories are stored as triglycerides,it is more difficult to release this energy because _____.


A) triglycerides are stored in muscle tissue,which makes them hard to release
B) the body breaks down liver tissue instead
C) triglycerides are used for short-term energy storage only
D) the body utilizes food molecules in the bloodstream and stored glycogen first
E) triglycerides are hard to find in order to break down

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A Body Mass Index will likely be overestimated in


A) an office worker.
B) an athlete.
C) a teacher.
D) a banker.
E) a student.

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If you ingest carbon in the form of sugar and use it to generate ATP via cellular respiration,how is that carbon released from your body?


A) as sugar
B) as fat
C) as CO2
D) as protein
E) in urine

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What is the difference between a calorie and a Calorie?


A) A Calorie equals 1000 calories.
B) A calorie equals 1000 Calories.
C) A Calorie equals 100 calories.
D) A calorie equals 100 Calories.
E) Calorie and calorie mean the same thing.

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Which of the following statements best explains why fat contains more Calories than proteins or carbohydrates?


A) Fats have more oxygen.
B) Fats have more electrons.
C) Fats have more ATP.
D) The bonds of fat molecules are more easily broken.
E) The bonds of fat molecules are more difficult to break.

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Which process is most directly prevented in the absence of adequate oxygen?


A) citric acid cycle
B) glycolysis
C) electron transport chain
D) citric acid cycle,glycolysis and electron transport chain
E) both glycolysis and the citric acid cycle

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Which of these does NOT contribute to a higher BMI?


A) culture
B) portion size
C) gender
D) biological history
E) nonexercise activity thermogenesis

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ATP is a


A) protein.
B) nucleotide.
C) lipid.
D) amino acid.
E) carbohydrate.

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ATP breakdown in cells is accompanied by


A) an endergonic reaction.
B) phosphate bonding.
C) energy storage.
D) a release of energy.
E) an increase in potential energy.

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Oxygen is most directly important in which of the following stage(s) of aerobic respiration?


A) glycolysis
B) the citric acid cycle
C) electron-transport chain
D) A and C but not B
E) None of the above.

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ATP stores energy in which bond(s) ?


A) adenine-ribose
B) adenine-phosphate
C) ribose-phosphate
D) ribose-ribose
E) phosphate-phosphate

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The ________ is the location of aerobic respiration.


A) chloroplast
B) nucleus
C) endoplasmic reticulum
D) mitochondrion
E) Golgi apparatus

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Which of the following stage(s) of aerobic respiration produce(s) the most ATP?


A) glycolysis
B) the citric acid cycle
C) electron-transport chain
D) B and C but not A
E) A,B,and C

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________ is the cell's "energy currency."


A) Adenosine monophosphate
B) Glycogen
C) Glucose
D) Cellulose
E) ATP

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