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Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 brain - liver - kidneys - and muscle account for ____% of BMR






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






3. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






5. Double Stack






6. The greatest energy use is _____.






7. Steak = ______






8. The greatest energy use is _____.






9. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






10. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






11. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






12. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






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






15. Sugar = _____






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






17. What is hunger?






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






19. Where's the energy in foods?






20. Big Mac






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






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






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






24. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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






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






29. Large Cola






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






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






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






33. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






36. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






38. What is dietary thermogenesis?






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






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






41. Triple Whopper






42. Big Mac






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






44. The energy in fat is ____ kcals/g






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






46. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






48. We need energy to maintain _______.






49. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






50. Steak = ______