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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
proteins
chaos
Derived Protein
Coagulation
2. 250g
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Carbohydrates
1 cup butter
Minerals: Description
3. Bananas - orange juice - and tomatoes are great sources of this nutrient
potassium
Very Hot
Minerals: Types
1 teaspoon
4. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
vitamin d
proteins
Protein: Description
1 tablespoon
5. 1.25mL
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
1/4 teaspoon
Pepsidase
Malnutrition
6. Diagonal
complementary
chaos
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
iron
7. 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.
High Biological Value
Carbohydrates
complementary
monochromatic
8. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
Marasmus
Hot
Carbohydrates: Types
manufactured home
9. Keeps bowels regular
Enzyme
fiber
tract home
Coagulation
10. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Condensation Reaction
Water: Description
breads and grains
1 tablespoon butter
11. Elements needed in small amounts for sturdy bones and teeth - healthy blood - and regular elimination of wastes
Maillard Reaction
minerals
Malnutrition
Pepsin
12. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Meat or Protein
Enzyme
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
oats
13. 2.5mL
Vitamin D
space
Vitamin a...
1/2 teaspoon
14. 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)
saturated fats
1 cup sifted flour
Minerals: Description
15. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
Low Biological Value Protein
Trypsin
Carbohydrates
Minerals: Types
16. Keeps the body healthy protecting it from diseases such as scurvy (Vit. C) and rickets (Vit. D).
Coagulation
Denaturation
Vitamins: Description
Protein: Description
17. 5mL
electrolyte
1 tablespoon
vitamin a...
1 teaspoon
18. The building blocks that make up proteins - Smallest part of a protein
Hot
amino acids
Fats: Types
1 cup butter
19. Fruit juices - tea - coffee - milk - soups - fruit - vegtables.
Biological Function
fiber
apartment home
Water: Types
20. Sugar in ripe fruit - starch in cereals - fibre in bran and celery.
1 tablespoon flour
vitamin a...
Carbohydrates: Types
water
21. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
Rennin
Denaturation
1 tablespoon butter
Deamination
22. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance
Very Hot
Denaturation
digestion
electrolyte
23. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
texture
manufactured home
potassium
Meat or Protein
24. Globular proteins linked with other non-protein molecules.
1 teaspoon
Enzyme
Conjugated Protein
sugar and fats
25. The function / job of a nutrient in the body.
amino acids
Vitamin B
1 cup butter
Biological Function
26. The food that the nutrient is found in.
1 cup white sugar
Minerals: Description
Source
Essential Amino Acid
27. An enzyme made in the stomach which breaks protein into peptones.
Pepsin
Coagulation
amino acids
texture
28. Meat - Fish - Chicken - Milk - Cheese - Eggs - Soya beans
vitamin a...
space
Hot
Protein: Types
29. Curved
1 tablespoon
Hydrolysis
relaxation
vitamin d
30. Irreversible reaction - unfolding of the protein chain - caused by HEAT - ADDITION OF ACID & MECHANICAL ACTION.
Denaturation
Biological Value
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Vitamins: Description
31. Foods from the extras group are usually high
Vitamin D
sugar and fats
potassium
Water: Types
32. 180
1 teaspoon
Moderate
water
Water: Types
33. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
iron
town home
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Minerals: Description
34. 2 or more proteins are eaten together to supplement each other. Occurs when one protein is lacking in one or more essential amino acids and is eaten with another food which contains the missing essential amino acid. E.g. beans on toast (Beans are hig
Minerals: Types
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Vitamin a...
calcium
35. 20g
Nutrient
Pepsin
fiber
1 tablespoon butter
36. Horizontal
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Vitamin C
width
manufactured home
37. 20g
1 tablespoon
Minerals: Types
Moderate Hot
potassium
38. 250g
iron
chaos
space
1 cup white sugar
39. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
Hydrolysis
saturated fats
calcium
vitamin c
40. A waxy substance that is a part of every cell of your body and intake should be low
amino acids
cholesterol
Vitamin D
Very slow
41. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
Maillard Reaction
1 tablespoon
Vitamin B
fats or extras
42. A link formed during the condensation reaction when the amino group of one amino acid chemically combines with the carboxyl group of another amino acid with the loss of water molecule.
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
magnesium
Vitamin D
vitamin a...
43. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
1 cup sifted flour
apartment home
Rennin
1 cup icing sugar
44. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
Vitamins: Types
vitamin d
Hydrolysis
Low Biological Value Protein
45. 10g
Vitamin B
1 tablespoon flour
Water: Description
1 tablespoon
46. Outline of an object
line
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Vitamins: Types
height
47. 125g
vitamin a...
analogous
Vitamin D
1 cup grated cheese
48. Works with calcium to build strong bones and teeth milk
Condensation Reaction
digestion
Malnutrition
vitamin d
49. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
potassium
electrolyte
Vitamins: Types
Fats: Types
50. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
sugar and fats
apartment home
town home
Kwashiokor