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Nutrients: Micronutrients — Vitamins and Minerals
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45 CXC CSEC Food and Nutrition questions on Nutrients: Micronutrients — Vitamins and Minerals, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which vitamin is synthesised in the human body when skin is exposed to sunlight?

  1. Vitamin D
  2. Vitamin A
  3. Vitamin B12
  4. Vitamin C
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✓ Answer: AVitamin D
Award 1 mark for identifying vitamin D as the sunshine vitamin. B is incorrect — vitamin A is obtained from foods such as liver and yellow/orange vegetables. C is incorrect — vitamin B12 is obtained from animal products. D is incorrect — vitamin C must be obtained from fruits and vegetables.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Micronutrients are needed by the body in:

  1. no amounts
  2. huge amounts
  3. small amounts
  4. very large amounts
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✓ Answer: Csmall amounts
Vitamins and minerals are needed in small (micro) amounts.
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