Test your basic knowledge |

Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Basal metabolism is especially ___ during the growing years.






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






3. Where's the energy in foods?






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






5. Chicken McNuggets






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






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






8. We need energy for ______: throughout the life cycle.






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






10. Most foods are a mixture and we call it a ______ food.






11. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






12. What is hunger?






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






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






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






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






17. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






18. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






19. Chicken Caesar Salad






20. What is dietary thermogenesis?






21. The body is generally _____% efficient - so the numbers are very close to dietary calories.






22. Sugar = _____






23. What is dietary thermogenesis?






24. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






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






27. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






28. Chicken McNuggets






29. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






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






31. Large Cola






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






33. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






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






36. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






37. Body has several mechanisms designed to ____ caloric value and has fewer ways available to discourage caloric intake






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






39. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






40. The basic caloric need for Men =______






41. Total caloric need =______________________.






42. Most foods are a _____.






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






44. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






46. 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: ______________________






47. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






50. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese