Test your basic knowledge |

Calories Food Energy And Energy Balance

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. Chicken McNuggets






3. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






4. Big Mac






5. Chicken Caesar Salad






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






7. The greatest energy use is _____.






8. Chicken McNuggets






9. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






10. Ketchup Packet






11. We need energy to ______: digest your food






12. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






13. What is dietary thermogenesis?






14. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






16. What is appetite?






17. Oil = _____






18. Large French Fries






19. The greatest energy use is _____.






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






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






22. Double Stack






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






24. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






25. Body has several mechanisms designed to ____ caloric value and has fewer ways available to discourage caloric intake






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






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






28. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






29. The energy in carbohydrates is ___ kcals/g






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






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






32. What is dietary thermogenesis?






33. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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






37. Most foods are a _____.






38. Chicken Caesar Salad






39. Steak = ______






40. What is hunger?






41. Large Cola






42. We need energy to maintain _______.






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






44. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






45. Basal metabolism (____-_____%)






46. We need energy to ______: digest your food






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






48. What is a bomb calorimeter?






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






50. Where's the energy in foods?