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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. According to the article, what are carbohydrates composed of?
a. sulfur, iron, and copper
b. hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc

c. carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
d. acid, oxygen, and hydrogen

2. What information is presented first in the article?

a. Glycogen is changed back into glucose when the body needs extra
energy.
b. The most important carbohydrate for humans is the sugar called glucose.

c. Animals obtain carbohydrates by eating green plants or other animals that
have eaten green plants.
d. The principal carbohydrates are sugar, starch, and cellulose.

3. What happens to glucose in your body?

a. It is broken down by tiny fibers.
b. It is broken down by digestion.
c. It passes through the wall of the small intestine into the blood.
d. It passes through the stomach, then it is changed into urine.

4. How are plants different from our bodies?
a. Plants don’t have cells.
b. Plants produce their own cells.

c. Plants produce their own carbohydrates.
d. Plants don’t need carbohydrates.

5. What would happen if your liver did not function well?

a. Your liver would not be able to digest food.
b. Your liver would not be able to change the food you ate into energy.
c. Your liver would not be able to change the glucose into glycogen.

d. Your liver would not be able to produce complex carbohydrates.

6. Which sentence uses the word series in the same way it is used in the
article?

a. The baseball team has won the championship series.
b. The children were faced with a series of unfortunate events.
c. Josh had a special coin series.
d. David has many favorite TV series.

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