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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. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
Biological Value
custom homes
iron
Protein: Description
2. The function / job of a nutrient in the body.
Macronutrient
Malnutrition
thiamine
Biological Function
3. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
oats
Minerals: Description
Vitamin C
1 cup sifted flour
4. 175g
sugar and fats
Coagulation
calcium
1 cup icing sugar
5. Provides heat and energy - satify hunger - provides padding around heart and kidneys.
width
Fats: Description
calcium
manufactured home
6. Horizontal
width
texture
height
Hot
7. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
Essential Amino Acid
iron
1 tablespoon
Trypsin
8. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
Trypsin
cholesterol
fats or extras
osteoporosis
9. The 3 dimensional space to be designed
space
Deamination
Source
potassium
10. Globular proteins linked with other non-protein molecules.
potassium
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
vitamin a...
Conjugated Protein
11. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
line
Enzyme
magnesium
tract home
12. 190
Moderate Hot
Minerals: Types
amino acids
cholesterol
13. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Protein: Types
Enzyme
Essential Amino Acid
Coagulation
14. 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
height
1 teaspoon
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Nutrient
15. Foods from the extras group are usually high
Carbohydrates: Description
Water: Types
sugar and fats
vitamin c
16. 90 degrees of each other
Carbohydrates
Protein: Types
Moderate
analogous
17. 10g
olive oil
relaxation
1 tablespoon flour
apartment home
18. Cookie cutter house in master planned community - all have similar floor plans
electrolyte
tract home
Deficiency
Hydrolysis
19. Built in a factory and installed at a specific site
line
fats or extras
Biological Value
manufactured home
20. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
proteins
Vitamins: Description
Hydrolysis
height
21. 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.
thiamine
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
vitamin c
Hydrolysis
22. Helps your body fight infection and helps cuts heal
Polypeptide
proteins
Vitamin C
Vitamin a...
23. Breaking down excess protein in the liver. Carboxyl group is converted to glycogen and stored as energy. Amino group is converted to ammonia then to urea and excreted as urine.
Essential Amino Acid
Carbohydrates
Pepsin
Deamination
24. 20g
Meat or Protein
Nutrient
osteoporosis
1 tablespoon
25. 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.
Essential Amino Acid
Conjugated Protein
1/2 teaspoon
High Biological Value
26. Iron in eggs - calcium in milk - Iodine in fish - variety in fruit and vegtables.
vitamin a...
Minerals: Types
breads and grains
Moderate
27. Built to a persons specifications
Minerals: Types
custom homes
Carbohydrates
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
28. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
Gluten
iron
Kwashiokor
1 tablespoon butter
29. 230 - 250
Very Hot
Biological Value
breads and grains
fiber
30. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
osteoporosis
1 tablespoon
1 tablespoon butter
Pepsin
31. An enzyme made in the ileum which breaks peptides into amino acids.
calcium
Pepsidase
calcium
iron
32. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium
height
Vitamins: Description
Vitamin D
digestion
33. Plant material bodies cannot digest
Trypsin
Denaturation
fiber
vitamin c
34. Chemical substances that are needed in the body for correct functioning
nutrients
Nutrient
water
1 tablespoon
35. 200
1/4 teaspoon
calcium
Hot
Low Biological Value Protein
36. 250g
1 cup sifted flour
Very slow
1 teaspoon
1 cup butter
37. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
1 cup sifted flour
Nutrient
apartment home
proteins
38. 5mL
1 teaspoon
Very Hot
width
Slow
39. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Gel
Conjugated Protein
Vitamin B
40. Help keep the nervous system healthy - promotes growth - appetite and digestion whole grain and enriched breads and cereals - pork - organ meats - dry beans - peas
thiamine
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Deamination
Coagulation
41. A in butter. B in wholegrain and cereals. C in citrus fruits. D in butter.
texture
Vitamins: Types
Vitamin D
digestion
42. Lack of adequate nutrition - result of lack of nutrition or unbalanced diet.
1 cup butter
Hydrolysis
sugar and fats
Malnutrition
43. Diagonal
chaos
analogous
Pepsidase
complementary
44. 125g
custom homes
Water: Types
1 cup sifted flour
width
45. 2.5mL
1/2 teaspoon
Protein: Description
Marasmus
Vitamin a...
46. Healthiest oil to cook with
Very slow
olive oil
tract home
sugar and fats
47. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas
Very Hot
apartment home
proteins
potassium
48. 180
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Moderate
Deficiency
1 cup icing sugar
49. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
Carbohydrates: Description
Slow
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Biological Function
50. Should be eaten sparingly
Hot
minerals
Low Biological Value Protein
fats or extras