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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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1. Built to a persons specifications
Vitamin a...
Carbohydrates: Types
Very slow
custom homes
2. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance
electrolyte
fats or extras
Very slow
osteoporosis
3. 9-11 servings daily
breads and grains
calcium
Carbohydrates: Types
apartment home
4. Substances that are important for the body's growth and care
Fats: Description
thiamine
Condensation Reaction
nutrients
5. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
1 tablespoon flour
Enzyme
Vitamin B
oats
6. 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.
sugar and fats
relaxation
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
1 tablespoon butter
7. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
Vitamin B
Vitamin a...
1 teaspoon
osteoporosis
8. Eggs belong in this food group
Meat or Protein
Moderate Hot
calcium
Rennin
9. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Very slow
Minerals: Types
Hot
Enzyme
10. Protein found in wheat - gives elasticity to foods e.g bread (Coeliacs are allergic to it)
Low Biological Value Protein
texture
Gluten
Vitamin B
11. 230 - 250
1 cup butter
Very Hot
Carbohydrates
Hot
12. Bananas - orange juice - and tomatoes are great sources of this nutrient
Slow
potassium
calcium
electrolyte
13. 20mL
Essential Amino Acid
1 tablespoon
1 cup icing sugar
Very slow
14. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
analogous
electrolyte
Fats: Types
cholesterol
15. Helps have healthy gums and teeth <3
calcium
Fats: Description
1 cup grated cheese
potassium
16. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
saturated fats
amino acids
Marasmus
Kwashiokor
17. Good sources of this vitamin are oranges - kiwi - and grapefruit
analogous
Vitamin C
Fats: Types
osteoporosis
18. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
iron
Slow
Low Biological Value Protein
Pepsin
19. 20g
1 tablespoon butter
Hydrolysis
Very slow
chaos
20. The nutrient group that supplies us with energy
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Vitamin B
1 cup butter
Carbohydrates
21. Help keep the nervous system healthy - promotes growth - appetite and digestion whole grain and enriched breads and cereals - pork - organ meats - dry beans - peas
Carbohydrates: Description
Biological Value
thiamine
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
22. The 3 dimensional space to be designed
cholesterol
Malnutrition
space
Vitamins: Types
23. 5mL
Essential Amino Acid
tract home
sugar and fats
1 teaspoon
24. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Marasmus
Water: Description
Protein: Description
1 cup white sugar
25. 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.
Hydrolysis
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Vitamin C
monochromatic
26. 250g
proteins
town home
1 cup butter
sugar and fats
27. 150
Carbohydrates: Description
Derived Protein
Hydrolysis
Slow
28. A waxy substance that is a part of every cell of your body and intake should be low
1/2 teaspoon
calcium
cholesterol
Slow
29. Sugar in ripe fruit - starch in cereals - fibre in bran and celery.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
vitamin a...
monochromatic
Carbohydrates: Types
30. 250g
Coagulation
calcium
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon
31. The food that the nutrient is found in.
Source
custom homes
Kwashiokor
Gluten
32. Keeps bowels regular
1/4 teaspoon
Polypeptide
calcium
fiber
33. 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.
Enzyme
Carbohydrates
High Biological Value
Vitamin C
34. 10g
1 tablespoon flour
Carbohydrates: Description
osteoporosis
Biological Function
35. A lack of a substance / nutrient. It can lead to illness.
Deficiency
Hydrolysis
Derived Protein
saturated fats
36. One hue
High Biological Value
monochromatic
tract home
Meat or Protein
37. 175g
calcium
Derived Protein
1 cup icing sugar
Rennin
38. Horizontal
width
Pepsin
Rennin
Fats: Types
39. Curved
saturated fats
potassium
relaxation
Pepsin
40. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
Vitamin a...
relaxation
Rennin
Very Hot
41. A in butter. B in wholegrain and cereals. C in citrus fruits. D in butter.
height
Carbohydrates: Description
Vitamins: Types
complementary
42. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
oats
Macronutrient
width
minerals
43. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
fats or extras
calcium
44. Globular proteins linked with other non-protein molecules.
Very Hot
osteoporosis
complementary
Conjugated Protein
45. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
Derived Protein
Trypsin
Malnutrition
Very slow
46. Foods from the extras group are usually high
sugar and fats
Slow
1/4 teaspoon
Moderate
47. 20g
1 tablespoon
fiber
relaxation
Fats: Types
48. An enzyme made in the stomach which breaks protein into peptones.
fiber
1 tablespoon flour
Trypsin
Pepsin
49. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use
Slow
tract home
digestion
1 tablespoon
50. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
proteins
Deamination
Marasmus
Biological Value