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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. Plant material bodies cannot digest
Protein: Types
amino acids
fiber
monochromatic
2. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
chaos
Pepsidase
Low Biological Value Protein
cholesterol
3. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
Carbohydrates: Types
space
Carbohydrates: Description
Denaturation
4. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
Pepsidase
thiamine
texture
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
5. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Enzyme
1 cup sifted flour
1 cup butter
1 tablespoon flour
6. Diagonal
Vitamin a...
chaos
potassium
Minerals: Types
7. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium
1 tablespoon flour
Vitamin D
Trypsin
Polypeptide
8. Chemical substances that are needed in the body for correct functioning
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
height
Nutrient
9. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas
Vitamin B
line
potassium
vitamin a...
10. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Carbohydrates: Description
Water: Description
Rennin
nutrients
11. An enzyme made in the ileum which breaks peptides into amino acids.
1 cup butter
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Pepsidase
Very Hot
12. 150
Vitamin a...
1 tablespoon flour
Very Hot
Slow
13. 125g
Minerals: Description
1 cup grated cheese
calcium
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
14. 180
Water: Description
custom homes
Moderate
Vitamins: Types
15. Helps eyes adjust to darkness - protects lining of throat - nose and mouth and other organs from infection eggs - dark green veggies - deep yellow veggies and fruits
Minerals: Types
osteoporosis
Nutrient
vitamin a...
16. Built to a persons specifications
potassium
custom homes
Very Hot
Macronutrient
17. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
Biological Value
iron
Kwashiokor
Carbohydrates: Description
18. 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
vitamin c
calcium
oats
1 cup white sugar
19. The function / job of a nutrient in the body.
Biological Function
Hydrolysis
Trypsin
Biological Value
20. 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.
Deamination
monochromatic
Hot
1 teaspoon
21. Irreversible reaction - unfolding of the protein chain - caused by HEAT - ADDITION OF ACID & MECHANICAL ACTION.
1 teaspoon
Pepsidase
thiamine
Denaturation
22. Helps build strong muscles and repairs body tissue
Protein: Types
protein
Very slow
olive oil
23. Should be eaten sparingly
manufactured home
Minerals: Types
fats or extras
1 teaspoon
24. Substances that are important for the body's growth and care
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
High Biological Value
Carbohydrates: Types
nutrients
25. 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.
calcium
custom homes
Hydrolysis
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
26. 250g
Vitamins: Description
Deamination
1 cup butter
Gel
27. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
Coagulation
height
nutrients
fiber
28. Provides heat and energy - satify hunger - provides padding around heart and kidneys.
Fats: Description
Protein: Description
analogous
Malnutrition
29. 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
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
protein
Trypsin
fiber
30. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
space
nutrients
proteins
fiber
31. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
Rennin
iron
saturated fats
fiber
32. 190
Trypsin
Hot
Carbohydrates: Types
Moderate Hot
33. Low fat milk - non fat yogurt - and lite sour cream are low in this nutrient
saturated fats
Nutrient
1 tablespoon
water
34. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.
Hot
electrolyte
Kwashiokor
Polypeptide
35. Eggs belong in this food group
Meat or Protein
apartment home
calcium
Trypsin
36. The nutrient group that supplies us with energy
Marasmus
Carbohydrates
1 cup butter
Pepsidase
37. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
Trypsin
1 teaspoon
Gel
iron
38. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
Minerals: Types
vitamin c
Moderate
Trypsin
39. Help keep the nervous system healthy - promotes growth - appetite and digestion whole grain and enriched breads and cereals - pork - organ meats - dry beans - peas
Deamination
thiamine
Malnutrition
1 cup butter
40. Protein are formed as a result of chemical or enzymic action on the protein.
1 cup butter
Maillard Reaction
Hydrolysis
Derived Protein
41. Dark - leafy vegetables and orange vegetables are good sources of this vitamin
proteins
Derived Protein
Pepsin
Vitamin a...
42. Foods from the extras group are usually high
sugar and fats
Vitamin a...
Essential Amino Acid
town home
43. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
Very slow
Minerals: Description
Protein: Description
analogous
44. The 3 dimensional space to be designed
space
electrolyte
Biological Value
osteoporosis
45. 5mL
magnesium
fiber
1 teaspoon
relaxation
46. 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.
Minerals: Description
High Biological Value
breads and grains
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
47. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall
town home
Malnutrition
Vitamin B
osteoporosis
48. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains
space
Vitamin B
vitamin d
Gel
49. Cookie cutter house in master planned community - all have similar floor plans
Pepsin
tract home
Meat or Protein
Water: Description
50. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
proteins
vitamin c
water
Vitamin C