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Subject
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literacy
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. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
Minerals: Types
Essential Amino Acid
iron
digestion
2. The 3 dimensional space to be designed
Biological Function
Malnutrition
space
1 cup grated cheese
3. 10g
town home
Vitamin B
1 tablespoon flour
iron
4. 120
Denaturation
Very slow
potassium
iron
5. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
Enzyme
1 tablespoon
saturated fats
Low Biological Value Protein
6. One hue
monochromatic
proteins
calcium
1/2 teaspoon
7. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Derived Protein
town home
Fats: Description
8. Substances that are important for the body's growth and care
1 cup grated cheese
1 tablespoon butter
Carbohydrates: Description
nutrients
9. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Water: Description
Marasmus
relaxation
fats or extras
10. A food contains all the essential amino acids - also known as a complete protein. Usually comes from animal sources but is found in soya beans.
1 tablespoon
Moderate Hot
High Biological Value
Vitamin a...
11. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
1 cup icing sugar
potassium
Coagulation
iron
12. Cookie cutter house in master planned community - all have similar floor plans
space
Pepsidase
tract home
Condensation Reaction
13. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
Pepsidase
Coagulation
Enzyme
Gluten
14. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
1 cup icing sugar
Vitamin B
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Biological Value
15. Built in a factory and installed at a specific site
1/4 teaspoon
width
manufactured home
height
16. The building blocks that make up proteins - Smallest part of a protein
Pepsidase
Vitamins: Description
Deficiency
amino acids
17. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
Source
Carbohydrates: Description
Kwashiokor
town home
18. Eggs belong in this food group
Meat or Protein
cholesterol
Marasmus
monochromatic
19. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
calcium
thiamine
water
Protein: Types
20. 5mL
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
protein
Meat or Protein
1 teaspoon
21. Contrast; opposite colors
tract home
fats or extras
complementary
1 teaspoon
22. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
Enzyme
digestion
calcium
monochromatic
23. 175g
electrolyte
Deamination
space
1 cup icing sugar
24. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
Low Biological Value Protein
vitamin a...
fiber
texture
25. Irreversible reaction - unfolding of the protein chain - caused by HEAT - ADDITION OF ACID & MECHANICAL ACTION.
analogous
Denaturation
Vitamin a...
olive oil
26. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
Water: Types
Vitamins: Types
complementary
Gel
27. A lack of a substance / nutrient. It can lead to illness.
Water: Types
Deficiency
magnesium
Deamination
28. Help build strong - healthy teeth and bones - helps heart beat properly - helps muscles move - helps blood clot - helps keep soft and nerves healthy dairy product
Deamination
1 tablespoon butter
calcium
Gel
29. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
Fats: Types
width
1 cup grated cheese
Coagulation
30. 90 degrees of each other
Conjugated Protein
Very slow
analogous
manufactured home
31. The function / job of a nutrient in the body.
iron
Biological Function
Trypsin
Meat or Protein
32. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium
Hydrolysis
Vitamin D
iron
Deamination
33. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon
osteoporosis
custom homes
34. Horizontal
width
Meat or Protein
sugar and fats
Vitamin C
35. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Enzyme
Derived Protein
calcium
space
36. 250g
1 cup white sugar
custom homes
Very Hot
vitamin d
37. Help keep the nervous system healthy - promotes growth - appetite and digestion whole grain and enriched breads and cereals - pork - organ meats - dry beans - peas
Maillard Reaction
1 teaspoon
Pepsin
thiamine
38. Chemical substances that are needed in the body for correct functioning
Polypeptide
1 cup white sugar
thiamine
Nutrient
39. 1.25mL
potassium
oats
1/4 teaspoon
Fats: Types
40. Minimum amount of energy required to maintain body temp. (37'C) and keep the body alive. Calculated at complete rest after fasting. Slows down as you get older.
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
water
relaxation
Polypeptide
41. Curved
Polypeptide
1/2 teaspoon
relaxation
1 tablespoon flour
42. A in butter. B in wholegrain and cereals. C in citrus fruits. D in butter.
1 cup butter
Biological Function
Vitamins: Types
Moderate
43. Breaking down excess protein in the liver. Carboxyl group is converted to glycogen and stored as energy. Amino group is converted to ammonia then to urea and excreted as urine.
1 cup sifted flour
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Deamination
Gluten
44. 2.5mL
Moderate Hot
1/2 teaspoon
Very Hot
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
45. Healthiest oil to cook with
Carbohydrates: Description
olive oil
Carbohydrates
Pepsidase
46. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
fiber
Vitamin D
oats
Very Hot
47. When 2 or more amino acids break apart due to the addition of a water molecule which splits the peptide link. This happen during digestion.
potassium
manufactured home
Hydrolysis
Minerals: Description
48. 230 - 250
sugar and fats
Very Hot
1 cup sifted flour
Carbohydrates: Description
49. Keeps bowels regular
vitamin d
fiber
relaxation
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
50. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
Fats: Description
vitamin c
Essential Amino Acid
electrolyte