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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. Ketchup Packet






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






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






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






5. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






7. Large Cola






8. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






10. Sugar = _____






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






12. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






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






15. Triple Whopper






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






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






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






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






20. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






22. A calorie measures for ______________.






23. Most foods are a _____.






24. Double Stack






25. Basal metabolism includes _________.






26. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






27. We need energy to maintain _______.






28. What is a bomb calorimeter?






29. Oil = _____






30. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






31. We need energy to maintain _______.






32. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






35. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






37. A calorie measures for ______________.






38. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






40. What is a bomb calorimeter?






41. The greatest energy use is _____.






42. Steak = ______






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






44. We need energy to ______: digest your food






45. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






47. What is hunger?






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






49. Large Cola






50. Triple Whopper