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






2. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






3. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






4. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






5. Where's the energy in foods?






6. Large French Fries






7. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






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






9. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






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






12. Steak = ______






13. Big Mac






14. Most foods are a _____.






15. What is dietary thermogenesis?






16. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






18. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






19. Total caloric need =______________________.






20. Steak = ______






21. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






23. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






25. Energy makes most ______ reaction happen.






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






27. Large French Fries






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






29. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






30. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






32. What is a bomb calorimeter?






33. The greatest energy use is _____.






34. Big Mac






35. Triple Whopper






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






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






38. Basal metabolism includes _________.






39. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






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






41. 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: ______________________






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






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






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






45. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






46. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






47. What is hunger?






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






49. Sugar = _____






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