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Home Economics

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Help keep the nervous system healthy - promotes growth - appetite and digestion whole grain and enriched breads and cereals - pork - organ meats - dry beans - peas






2. 90 degrees of each other






3. Foods from the extras group are usually high






4. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent






5. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream






6. 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






7. The food that the nutrient is found in.






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






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






10. 125g






11. 250g






12. Helps have healthy gums and teeth <3






13. Built to a persons specifications






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






15. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure






16. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.






17. 250g






18. Curved






19. Fruit juices - tea - coffee - milk - soups - fruit - vegtables.






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






21. 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






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






23. Horizontal






24. One hue






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






26. 180






27. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance






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






29. The building blocks that make up proteins - Smallest part of a protein






30. 9-11 servings daily






31. Protein found in wheat - gives elasticity to foods e.g bread (Coeliacs are allergic to it)






32. Measure of protein quality - number of essential amino acids a food contains - High Biological Value (HBV) Low Biological Value (LBV)






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






34. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.






35. Helps your body fight infection and helps cuts heal






36. 10g






37. 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.






38. An enzyme made in the ileum which breaks peptides into amino acids.






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






40. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas






41. Diagonal






42. Should be eaten sparingly






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






44. 120






45. Dark - leafy vegetables and orange vegetables are good sources of this vitamin






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






47. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium






48. 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.






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






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