POWERFUL PROTEIN

Quizzes

1. WHAT DOES THE WRITER OF THE BOOK ANALOGIZE PROTEIN AS IN ORDER TO GET ANALOGIC
VISUALIZATION OF IT?
2. WHAT IS THE TECHNICAL TERMS FOR “THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEIN?”
3. WHAT DOES AMINO ACIDS CONTAIN?
4. WHAT IS THE BEST WORD (SYNONYM) TO REPLACE THE PHRASE “IN ADDITION TO” IN LINE 5 OF
THE TEXT?
5. WHAT PROTEINS DO THE FUNCTIONS OF DIGESTING FOOD, ASSEMBLING/DEVIDING
MOLECULES AND MAKING NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
6. WHAT LANGAUGE DOES THE WORD “PROTEIN” COME FROM?
7. WHAT ARE THE USES OF PROTEINS IN OUR BODY?
8. Can your body create own protein ( not from dietary protein you consume?) (explain why/how it
can or cannot)
9. Where do proteins make appearances in our body?
10. What is your REE? Please show the computing process leading to your REE result. (Reference:
The National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board, USA)
11. What do neurotransmitters, whose chemicals contain protein, do?
12. What do you call the synthesis of amino acids and nucleic acids?
13. Why are enzymes called specialized worker protein?
14. What is protein synthesis?
15. What do lipoproteins comprise of, and what are their functions?
16. What do glycoproteins comprise of? What are their functions?
17. After protein synthesis complete, what are the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen converted to?
18. What is the nitrogen residue converted to?
19. What happens to your body if it doesn’t have enough supply of protein from your food?
20. Why are proteins of animal origin considered high quality protein?
21. Why are eggs considered most valuable protein?
22. What is the difference between complete and incomplete proteins? Please Provide examples.
23. What is the difference between essential and non-essential proteins? Please provide exmaples.
ANSWER

1. LIKE A VERY LONG CHAIN OF SAUSAGE LINKS

2. AMINO ACIDS
3. CARBON, HYDROGEN, OXIGEN, AND NITROGEN ATOMS
4. BESIDES
5. ENZYMES
6. GREEK
7. build new cells, maintain tissues, and synthesize new proteins that make it possible for you to
perform basic bodily functions
8.