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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Calories are not _____ - they are a measure of energy content.






2. Total caloric need =______________________.






3. Most foods are a mixture and we call it a carb - protein - or fat food but really it is a mixture of thre almost all cases: ______________________






4. ______ provide over twice the calories per unit weiht than carbohydrates and protein do.






5. Calories are measured by buring food in a sealed container called a ______.






6. Basal metabolsim: some tissue is more _______ active than others (fat versus muscle.)






7. Most foods are a _____.






8. What is appetite?






9. Eating leads to ____ (feeling of enough food has been eaten - but not stuffed)






10. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






11. The greatest energy use is _____.






12. A (metric) calorie is the amount of energy (heat) required to raise 1 kilogram of ____ 1 degree centigrade.






13. The body's energy nutrients sources are _______.






14. In the old days in times of famine we_______.






15. Chicken Caesar Salad






16. Chicken McNuggets






17. Total caloric need =______________________.






18. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






19. Where's the energy in foods?






20. What is appetite?






21. Triple Whopper






22. Large French Fries






23. Most foods are a _____.






24. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






25. What is hunger?






26. The brain - liver - kidneys - and muscle account for ____% of BMR






27. Where's the energy in foods?






28. Big Mac






29. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






30. What is hunger?






31. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






32. In the old days in times of a feast we ________.






33. We ___ weight when caloric intake is less than the body's need for energy.






34. A calorie measures for ______________.






35. Calories are not _____ - they are a measure of energy content.






36. What is dietary thermogenesis?






37. We ____ weight when caloric intake exceeds the body's need for energy.






38. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






39. Most foods are a mixture and we call it a carb - protein - or fat food but really it is a mixture of thre almost all cases: ______________________






40. Chicken McNuggets






41. We need energy for ____: exercise - activity of daily living.






42. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






43. We need energy to maintain _______.






44. Dietary thermogenesis (____% of basal and physical activity calories)






45. Large French Fries






46. We ____ weight when caloric intake exceeds the body's need for energy.






47. Body fats for individual energy around ____% of BMR.






48. A calorie measures for ______________.






49. Ketchup Packet






50. We need energy to maintain _______.