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






2. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






3. A calorie measures for ______________.






4. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






5. Steak = ______






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






7. What is a bomb calorimeter?






8. Sugar = _____






9. Total caloric need =______________________.






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






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






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






13. Oil = _____






14. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






15. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






16. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






17. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






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






19. What is hunger?






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






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






22. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






25. A calorie measures for ______________.






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






27. Where's the energy in foods?






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






29. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






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






31. Double Stack






32. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






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






34. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






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






37. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






39. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






40. Ketchup Packet






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






42. Large French Fries






43. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






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






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






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






48. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






49. Measureing _____ in people is much more expensive.






50. We need energy to ______: digest your food