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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. 250g
1 cup white sugar
Conjugated Protein
Denaturation
Pepsin
2. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
1 tablespoon butter
manufactured home
Moderate Hot
Vitamin B
3. A lack of a substance / nutrient. It can lead to illness.
calcium
Deficiency
cholesterol
fats or extras
4. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
potassium
fats or extras
Essential Amino Acid
Enzyme
5. Amount of each nutrient that is needed to to meet a persons nutritional requirements.
Pepsin
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
space
oats
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
amino acids
calcium
analogous
Hydrolysis
7. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
Nutrient
Enzyme
oats
Biological Function
8. Protein are formed as a result of chemical or enzymic action on the protein.
1 tablespoon flour
minerals
Enzyme
Derived Protein
9. 190
Moderate Hot
Hot
Carbohydrates: Description
cholesterol
10. An enzyme made in the stomach which breaks protein into peptones.
Biological Value
vitamin d
Pepsin
line
11. Sugar in ripe fruit - starch in cereals - fibre in bran and celery.
Carbohydrates: Description
Very slow
Vitamins: Types
Carbohydrates: Types
12. 90 degrees of each other
Deficiency
analogous
olive oil
texture
13. The function / job of a nutrient in the body.
Biological Function
tract home
fats or extras
Minerals: Description
14. 150
1 cup grated cheese
Vitamin B
Minerals: Description
Slow
15. Substances that are important for the body's growth and care
calcium
Biological Value
digestion
nutrients
16. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use
height
Biological Value
digestion
Low Biological Value Protein
17. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
minerals
Vitamin B
Protein: Description
1/4 teaspoon
18. 125g
1 cup grated cheese
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
texture
complementary
19. Built in a factory and installed at a specific site
manufactured home
1/4 teaspoon
monochromatic
town home
20. 20mL
Macronutrient
1 tablespoon
Gluten
height
21. Provides heat and energy - satify hunger - provides padding around heart and kidneys.
Fats: Description
Gel
Derived Protein
1 cup sifted flour
22. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
Slow
1 tablespoon
iron
digestion
23. Measure of protein quality - number of essential amino acids a food contains - High Biological Value (HBV) Low Biological Value (LBV)
Low Biological Value Protein
calcium
Biological Value
height
24. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
Malnutrition
Rennin
chaos
Condensation Reaction
25. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
calcium
saturated fats
cholesterol
Condensation Reaction
26. The nutrient group that supplies us with energy
Carbohydrates
1 tablespoon
line
Vitamin C
27. Globular proteins linked with other non-protein molecules.
width
Macronutrient
Vitamin C
Conjugated Protein
28. The 3 dimensional space to be designed
nutrients
space
vitamin c
Trypsin
29. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
Hot
Gel
1 cup icing sugar
electrolyte
30. Dark - leafy vegetables and orange vegetables are good sources of this vitamin
Vitamin a...
Carbohydrates
Water: Types
Rennin
31. 175g
olive oil
fats or extras
Marasmus
1 cup icing sugar
32. 20g
1 tablespoon
1 tablespoon butter
electrolyte
saturated fats
33. 10g
Minerals: Types
Meat or Protein
space
1 tablespoon flour
34. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
proteins
Vitamin a...
High Biological Value
Water: Description
35. 20g
Denaturation
Vitamin B
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon butter
36. 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.
Low Biological Value Protein
monochromatic
Macronutrient
Condensation Reaction
37. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
Low Biological Value Protein
manufactured home
osteoporosis
Moderate Hot
38. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
line
protein
amino acids
Marasmus
39. Bananas - orange juice - and tomatoes are great sources of this nutrient
width
tract home
Maillard Reaction
potassium
40. 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.
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup sifted flour
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
water
41. 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.
Polypeptide
texture
Deamination
width
42. 120
Very slow
Minerals: Description
Hydrolysis
1 cup icing sugar
43. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
Pepsidase
apartment home
Very Hot
vitamin c
44. One hue
Biological Function
monochromatic
Protein: Types
1 tablespoon
45. Plant material bodies cannot digest
fiber
Conjugated Protein
osteoporosis
Protein: Description
46. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
Condensation Reaction
texture
water
Kwashiokor
47. Healthiest oil to cook with
chaos
Vitamin B
olive oil
Pepsidase
48. Eggs belong in this food group
Meat or Protein
Slow
Protein: Description
fats or extras
49. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
town home
magnesium
1 cup white sugar
Carbohydrates: Description
50. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
fiber
Coagulation
Carbohydrates
protein