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Home Economics

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Meat - Fish - Chicken - Milk - Cheese - Eggs - Soya beans






2. Helps your body fight infection and helps cuts heal






3. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.






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






5. Protein are formed as a result of chemical or enzymic action on the protein.






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






7. 175g






8. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.






9. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels






10. Healthiest oil to cook with






11. 20mL






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






13. 1.25mL






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






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






16. Curved






17. Should be eaten sparingly






18. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach






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






20. 125g






21. 2.5mL






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






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






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






25. Helps body fight infection - helps wounds heal - helps keep gums healthy citrus fruits - berries - melon






26. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells






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






28. Diagonal






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






30. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter






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






32. 9-11 servings daily






33. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains






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






35. Contrast; opposite colors






36. Bananas - orange juice - and tomatoes are great sources of this nutrient






37. Outline of an object






38. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream






39. Built to a persons specifications






40. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system






41. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance






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.






43. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium






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






45. 150






46. 190






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.






48. 200






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






50. 10g