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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. The basic caloric need for Men =______






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






3. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






5. We need energy for _____: pregnancy - lactation - infancy - childhood - to some extent adolescence






6. Sugar = _____






7. Chicken McNuggets






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






9. A diet with no _____ would waste out body away.






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






11. The greatest energy use is _____.






12. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






13. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






15. Activity level affects the total ______ and accounts for second highest number of calories expended.






16. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






17. Large Cola






18. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






20. Ketchup Packet






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






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






23. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






25. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






26. Where's the energy in foods?






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






28. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






29. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






31. Total caloric need =______________________.






32. Activity level affects the total ______ and accounts for second highest number of calories expended.






33. What is appetite?






34. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






35. The basic caloric need for Men =______






36. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






38. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






39. Most foods are a _____.






40. Ketchup Packet






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






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






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






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






45. What is appetite?






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






47. Steak = ______






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






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






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