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






2. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






3. 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: ______________________






4. What is dietary thermogenesis?






5. The basic caloric need for Women = ______






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






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






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






9. What is appetite?






10. Oil = _____






11. Oil = _____






12. Double Stack






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






14. Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese






15. Basal metabolism includes _________.






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






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






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






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






20. Most foods are a _____.






21. Most foods contain a mixture of _____.






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






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






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






25. The basic caloric need for Men =______






26. Large French Fries






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






28. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips






29. Ketchup Packet






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






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






32. Most foods are a _____.






33. Large Cola






34. Total caloric need =______________________.






35. Steak = ______






36. Double Stack






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






38. Eating leads to ____ (feeling of enough food has been eaten - but not stuffed)






39. People have different ____ for hunger and satiety.






40. The energy in alcohol is ____ kcals/g






41. A calorie measures for ______________.






42. Calories = ________ - not nutrients.






43. Chicken Caesar Salad






44. The energy in protein is ____ kcals/g






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






46. What is hunger?






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






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






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






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