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Home Economics

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains






2. Sugar in ripe fruit - starch in cereals - fibre in bran and celery.






3. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use






4. The nutrient group that supplies us with energy






5. Plant material bodies cannot digest






6. Keeps the body healthy protecting it from diseases such as scurvy (Vit. C) and rickets (Vit. D).






7. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.






8. 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






9. Lack of adequate nutrition - result of lack of nutrition or unbalanced diet.






10. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall






11. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.






12. Built in a factory and installed at a specific site






13. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium






14. Elements needed in small amounts for sturdy bones and teeth - healthy blood - and regular elimination of wastes






15. Cookie cutter house in master planned community - all have similar floor plans






16. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure






17. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.






18. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle






19. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system






20. 120






21. Vertical






22. 90 degrees of each other






23. 125g






24. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.






25. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels






26. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.






27. The function / job of a nutrient in the body.






28. A link formed during the condensation reaction when the amino group of one amino acid chemically combines with the carboxyl group of another amino acid with the loss of water molecule.






29. A in butter. B in wholegrain and cereals. C in citrus fruits. D in butter.






30. Diagonal






31. Provides heat and energy - satify hunger - provides padding around heart and kidneys.






32. The 3 dimensional space to be designed






33. A lack of a substance / nutrient. It can lead to illness.






34. Gives you healthy skin and eyes






35. Helps eyes adjust to darkness - protects lining of throat - nose and mouth and other organs from infection eggs - dark green veggies - deep yellow veggies and fruits






36. 10g






37. 20g






38. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.






39. The grain that has the highest amount of protein






40. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.






41. Contrast; opposite colors






42. The food that the nutrient is found in.






43. Chemical reaction when 2 amino acids join together with the elimination of water. Amino group of one amino acid combines with the carboxyl group of another amino acid.






44. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg






45. 190






46. Low fat milk - non fat yogurt - and lite sour cream are low in this nutrient






47. Iron for healthy blood - calcium for healthy bones - iodine for proper functioning of thyroid gland.






48. Irreversible reaction - unfolding of the protein chain - caused by HEAT - ADDITION OF ACID & MECHANICAL ACTION.






49. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance






50. 150