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Home Economics
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Subject
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Meat - Fish - Chicken - Milk - Cheese - Eggs - Soya beans
Moderate Hot
Pepsidase
Vitamin D
Protein: Types
2. Helps your body fight infection and helps cuts heal
Fats: Types
High Biological Value
Slow
Vitamin C
3. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Water: Description
1/2 teaspoon
calcium
Source
4. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
Vitamin B
Fats: Description
thiamine
Coagulation
5. Protein are formed as a result of chemical or enzymic action on the protein.
Derived Protein
olive oil
Moderate Hot
Denaturation
6. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Moderate
minerals
Enzyme
Trypsin
7. 175g
water
1 cup icing sugar
Vitamin B
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
8. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
Deficiency
Essential Amino Acid
Vitamin C
calcium
9. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
tract home
1 cup butter
Moderate
texture
10. Healthiest oil to cook with
chaos
Enzyme
Nutrient
olive oil
11. 20mL
Macronutrient
1 tablespoon
electrolyte
Malnutrition
12. Provides heat and energy - satify hunger - provides padding around heart and kidneys.
saturated fats
Carbohydrates: Description
Fats: Description
Minerals: Description
13. 1.25mL
1/4 teaspoon
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
potassium
Polypeptide
14. Lack of adequate nutrition - result of lack of nutrition or unbalanced diet.
Malnutrition
Biological Value
Vitamin C
Kwashiokor
15. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas
1 tablespoon
Meat or Protein
Vitamin C
potassium
16. Curved
olive oil
Gluten
Protein: Types
relaxation
17. Should be eaten sparingly
Vitamin a...
Vitamin B
fats or extras
Meat or Protein
18. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
iron
olive oil
Slow
apartment home
19. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
Rennin
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
proteins
1 cup butter
20. 125g
olive oil
1 cup sifted flour
proteins
osteoporosis
21. 2.5mL
iron
1/2 teaspoon
Biological Value
nutrients
22. A lack of a substance / nutrient. It can lead to illness.
vitamin a...
thiamine
fiber
Deficiency
23. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Gel
calcium
1 cup sifted flour
24. Measure of protein quality - number of essential amino acids a food contains - High Biological Value (HBV) Low Biological Value (LBV)
Moderate
Biological Value
Derived Protein
space
25. Helps body fight infection - helps wounds heal - helps keep gums healthy citrus fruits - berries - melon
Rennin
1 cup white sugar
vitamin c
calcium
26. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
Trypsin
proteins
1 cup white sugar
Vitamin a...
27. Help build strong - healthy teeth and bones - helps heart beat properly - helps muscles move - helps blood clot - helps keep soft and nerves healthy dairy product
relaxation
line
calcium
Denaturation
28. Diagonal
vitamin a...
1 teaspoon
fats or extras
chaos
29. 2 or more proteins are eaten together to supplement each other. Occurs when one protein is lacking in one or more essential amino acids and is eaten with another food which contains the missing essential amino acid. E.g. beans on toast (Beans are hig
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Vitamin C
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
apartment home
30. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
analogous
Enzyme
magnesium
height
31. Cookie cutter house in master planned community - all have similar floor plans
town home
tract home
custom homes
Minerals: Types
32. 9-11 servings daily
Vitamin B
breads and grains
1/2 teaspoon
sugar and fats
33. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
1 tablespoon
Vitamin B
vitamin d
34. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
Biological Value
Low Biological Value Protein
Vitamin C
apartment home
35. Contrast; opposite colors
Essential Amino Acid
complementary
Polypeptide
Enzyme
36. Bananas - orange juice - and tomatoes are great sources of this nutrient
vitamin a...
High Biological Value
potassium
1 tablespoon
37. Outline of an object
Water: Types
chaos
saturated fats
line
38. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
digestion
Fats: Types
1 tablespoon
Meat or Protein
39. Built to a persons specifications
thiamine
water
Hot
custom homes
40. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
Pepsidase
Fats: Description
Vitamin B
Kwashiokor
41. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance
nutrients
Vitamin B
Moderate Hot
electrolyte
42. A food contains all the essential amino acids - also known as a complete protein. Usually comes from animal sources but is found in soya beans.
High Biological Value
Trypsin
Vitamin C
Minerals: Description
43. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium
Very slow
Vitamin D
Moderate Hot
vitamin a...
44. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
1 cup butter
digestion
vitamin d
Marasmus
45. 150
texture
fiber
Slow
iron
46. 190
calcium
complementary
Fats: Description
Moderate Hot
47. When 2 or more amino acids break apart due to the addition of a water molecule which splits the peptide link. This happen during digestion.
Biological Function
Hydrolysis
iron
calcium
48. 200
nutrients
chaos
Nutrient
Hot
49. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
osteoporosis
Vitamin D
vitamin d
vitamin c
50. 10g
Carbohydrates
digestion
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup white sugar