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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. Thermogenesis is about ____% of the sum BMR plus physical activity calories






2. We call mixture by a ____ or handle in order to make teaching about nutrition easier.






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






4. Steak = ______






5. What is appetite?






6. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






7. What is a bomb calorimeter?






8. Physical Activity ( ____- ____% of that needed for basal metabolism from sedentary (light) to heavy; average activity requires 50% x 'basal' calories)






9. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






11. Chicken Caesar Salad






12. Basal metabolism is especially ___ during the growing years.






13. Double Stack






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






15. Most foods are a _____.






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






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






18. Big Mac






19. Big Mac






20. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






21. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






23. People tend to ______ their activity level: only include the time you actually spend working out. (not talking to your friends between sets)






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






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






26. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






28. Oil = _____






29. What is dietary thermogenesis?






30. 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: ______________________






31. Ketchup Packet






32. Double Stack






33. Oil = _____






34. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






36. Chicken McNuggets






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






38. One dietary '____' = one kilocalorie (kcal)






39. What is hunger?






40. A calorie measures for ______________.






41. The reason why we need energy fits into three categories: _______________.






42. Out bodies would find ways of getting calories from stored _____ - followed by fats and body proteins.






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






44. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






45. In old days there was not need to regulate ______ because there was no overabundance of food.






46. We call mixture by a ____ or handle in order to make teaching about nutrition easier.






47. One dietary '____' = one kilocalorie (kcal)






48. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






50. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g