Understanding Vitamins: History and Classification

Understanding Vitamins: History and Classification

Assessment

Interactive Video

1st - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Liam Anderson

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The video explores the history and discovery of vitamins, starting with Casmir Funk's identification of a vital substance in brown rice in 1912. It discusses the challenges in naming and classifying vitamins, highlighting the historical context and mistaken assumptions that led to the current alphanumeric system. The video also explains the differences between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins and the evolution of vitamin names over time. Finally, it touches on modern naming conventions and exceptions, such as Vitamin K, and concludes with a call to support the show on Patreon.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the biochemist that announced the discovery of the first known vitamin?

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Casmir Funk

Elmer McCollum

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the original term used by Funk to describe vitamins?

Amines

Vital amines

Vitamins

Vitalines

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the initial assumption about the compounds found in brown rice?

They were fats

They were vital amines

They were all carbohydrates

They were all proteins

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which vitamin was first proposed in 1919 due to its link with preventing scurvy?

Vitamin A

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What condition is associated with a deficiency in vitamin C?

Pellagra

Scurvy

Beriberi

Rickets

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which vitamin was discovered in milk and leafy greens?

Vitamin C

Vitamin A

Vitamin B

Vitamin D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main reason for the complexity in the classification of B vitamins?

They were all fat-soluble

They were discovered in different countries

They consisted of multiple variations

They were all water-soluble

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