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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. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Enzyme
Low Biological Value Protein
High Biological Value
1 tablespoon butter
2. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
calcium
Biological Value
1/4 teaspoon
Coagulation
3. Fruit juices - tea - coffee - milk - soups - fruit - vegtables.
calcium
Pepsidase
vitamin c
Water: Types
4. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
Gluten
Trypsin
Kwashiokor
line
5. A lack of a substance / nutrient. It can lead to illness.
digestion
Deficiency
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
potassium
6. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon
magnesium
Polypeptide
7. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains
Vitamin B
analogous
Malnutrition
Source
8. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas
calcium
Kwashiokor
Meat or Protein
potassium
9. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
Rennin
Maillard Reaction
calcium
vitamin c
10. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium
Vitamin D
Protein: Description
iron
Meat or Protein
11. 190
relaxation
potassium
space
Moderate Hot
12. A nutrient needed in large amounts (protein - carbohydrate - lipid)
protein
Macronutrient
1 cup white sugar
Moderate Hot
13. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
iron
Rennin
vitamin a...
Carbohydrates: Description
14. 230 - 250
calcium
Biological Value
minerals
Very Hot
15. Healthiest oil to cook with
Marasmus
olive oil
Vitamin B
Biological Function
16. Diagonal
chaos
minerals
Carbohydrates: Description
Protein: Description
17. 250g
1 tablespoon butter
Carbohydrates: Description
1 cup butter
custom homes
18. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
Deficiency
magnesium
Protein: Description
electrolyte
19. Built in a factory and installed at a specific site
manufactured home
1 cup sifted flour
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Enzyme
20. Helps body fight infection - helps wounds heal - helps keep gums healthy citrus fruits - berries - melon
vitamin c
1 tablespoon
Biological Value
olive oil
21. Minimum amount of energy required to maintain body temp. (37'C) and keep the body alive. Calculated at complete rest after fasting. Slows down as you get older.
vitamin a...
Hot
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Macronutrient
22. Iron for healthy blood - calcium for healthy bones - iodine for proper functioning of thyroid gland.
amino acids
Polypeptide
height
Minerals: Description
23. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
Water: Description
Biological Value
Water: Types
osteoporosis
24. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
electrolyte
Minerals: Types
Condensation Reaction
apartment home
25. Eggs belong in this food group
Minerals: Types
breads and grains
Meat or Protein
vitamin d
26. 2.5mL
1/2 teaspoon
osteoporosis
Vitamins: Description
Moderate
27. 150
1 cup icing sugar
Slow
Vitamin B
fats or extras
28. Keeps the body healthy protecting it from diseases such as scurvy (Vit. C) and rickets (Vit. D).
Vitamins: Description
fiber
Carbohydrates: Types
Gel
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
Rennin
vitamin a...
1 cup white sugar
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
30. Vertical
proteins
Vitamin a...
height
fats or extras
31. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
Source
proteins
Marasmus
Essential Amino Acid
32. Should be eaten sparingly
height
fats or extras
town home
Deficiency
33. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
Minerals: Types
Kwashiokor
minerals
electrolyte
34. 200
fiber
Vitamin C
Hot
tract home
35. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
Marasmus
Vitamin C
thiamine
Derived Protein
36. Helps build strong muscles and repairs body tissue
Water: Types
protein
Conjugated Protein
calcium
37. Colour change which occurs when amino acids and sugar are exposed to dry heat. Also known as non-enzymic browning.
Pepsidase
Maillard Reaction
Protein: Types
complementary
38. 90 degrees of each other
height
Water: Description
analogous
electrolyte
39. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
Gluten
water
osteoporosis
Vitamins: Types
40. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
minerals
width
Conjugated Protein
Gel
41. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance
Malnutrition
thiamine
electrolyte
vitamin a...
42. Foods from the extras group are usually high
sugar and fats
oats
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
iron
43. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
analogous
Moderate
vitamin c
Fats: Types
44. 175g
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
potassium
1 cup icing sugar
breads and grains
45. Curved
relaxation
1 teaspoon
Essential Amino Acid
Source
46. Outline of an object
line
fiber
Essential Amino Acid
Hot
47. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
Carbohydrates: Types
iron
Maillard Reaction
Conjugated Protein
48. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
minerals
protein
Low Biological Value Protein
Water: Types
49. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use
Carbohydrates: Types
digestion
Hot
Water: Description
50. Lack of adequate nutrition - result of lack of nutrition or unbalanced diet.
Malnutrition
Vitamin C
Moderate
Denaturation