Create a brochure for teen athletes about eating smart for sports. Include information about sports nutrition myths.

Choose the correct form of comparison in the following sentence.

Of all the nutrition aids out there, one of the (better, best) ones is the Food Guide Pyramid.

Which of the following represents an organism that uses decomposition as its mode of nutrition?
a. parasite
b. saprotroph
c. autotroph
d. All of these are correct.

Briefly describe the manner of nutrition and body plan (unicellular, colonial, filamentous, or multicellular) for each group.

What is the common name for the group of microbes that oxidize soil nitrogen into a form that is mobile in soil and likely to be used for nutrition by plants?

Prepare a recipe featuring foods high in iron or folate for your class. Rate the recipe according to taste, ease of preparation, cost, and nutrition.

Go to a large supermarket. Considering both cost and nutrition, name the best and worst breakfast cereal focused on children. What do you deduce?

What is the function of the cotyledon? a. It develops into the root. b. It provides nutrition for the embryo. c. It forms the embryo. d. It protects the embryo.

Based on their pattern of nutrition, all animals are classified as (1) autotrophic (2) heterotrophic (3) photosynthetic (4) phagocytic

Circle the correct answer. The algae and coral that depend upon each other for nutrition and protection are (a). mutualistic symbionts. (b). parasitic symbionts.

Keep a list of the fruit servings you eat for three days. Compare results to nutrition guidelines.

You have been hired by the National Nutrition Council to study nutrition practices in the United States. In particular they want to know if their nutrition guidelines are being met by people in the United States. These guidelines indicate that per capita consumption of fruits and vegetables should be above 170 pounds per year, per capita consumption of snack foods should be less than 114 pounds, per capita consumption of soft drinks should be less than 65 gallons, and per capita consumption of meat should be more than 70 pounds. In this project you are to determine if the consumption of these food groups are greater in the metro compared to the non-metro counties. As part of your research you have developed the data file Food Nutrition Atlas—described in the book's appendix—which contains a number of nutrition and population variables collected by county over all states. It is true that some counties do not report all of the variables. Perform an analysis using the available data and prepare a short report indicating how well the nutrition guidelines are being met. Your conclusions should be supported by rigorous statistical analysis.

Determine if the following statement are false, and briefly explain why.
The placenta serves not only for nutrition of the fetus but also as a source of hormones.