Take this quiz to examine how much you already know about minerals. If you cannot answer a question, pay extra attention to that topic as you study this chapter.

  1. Minerals are different from vitamins because they do not contain carbon.

  2. If an essential mineral is missing from an eating pattern, health problems occur immediately.

  3. Macrominerals are more important for good health than microminerals.

  4. Once bones reach their peak mass, calcium foods are less important to consume.

  5. Calcium is to osteoporosis as sodium is to hypertension.

  6. A low-sodium eating plan is a sure way to avoid high blood pressure.

  7. Whole foods (for example, an apple) are a better source of minerals than processed foods (for example, applesauce).

  8. The same foods that provide iron in the diet also provide many other microminerals.