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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 9-11 servings daily
breads and grains
analogous
sugar and fats
1/2 teaspoon
2. 250g
amino acids
Water: Types
1 cup white sugar
Vitamin a...
3. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
Fats: Types
Enzyme
1 tablespoon butter
Deamination
4. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
Vitamins: Description
Protein: Description
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Coagulation
5. 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
Vitamins: Types
Fats: Description
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
6. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
Vitamin B
protein
water
Vitamin D
7. 200
Vitamins: Types
monochromatic
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Hot
8. 1.25mL
1/4 teaspoon
Fats: Types
Vitamin B
Deamination
9. Protein are formed as a result of chemical or enzymic action on the protein.
Derived Protein
Pepsin
Gel
Gluten
10. 20g
thiamine
Water: Types
Minerals: Types
1 tablespoon
11. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance
Malnutrition
proteins
electrolyte
Gel
12. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
Deficiency
Protein: Description
Nutrient
vitamin a...
13. 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.
nutrients
line
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Carbohydrates
14. Helps have healthy gums and teeth <3
calcium
Pepsin
Vitamin B
Very slow
15. Vegetables are a great source of this
Trypsin
Very Hot
custom homes
Vitamin a...
16. 230 - 250
magnesium
Very Hot
Gel
Rennin
17. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
iron
saturated fats
oats
Biological Function
18. Helps body fight infection - helps wounds heal - helps keep gums healthy citrus fruits - berries - melon
line
analogous
potassium
vitamin c
19. 20g
1 tablespoon butter
Carbohydrates: Description
1 cup white sugar
width
20. Helps your body fight infection and helps cuts heal
saturated fats
Vitamin C
Slow
1/4 teaspoon
21. A waxy substance that is a part of every cell of your body and intake should be low
cholesterol
Kwashiokor
apartment home
1 tablespoon flour
22. 5mL
Hot
Derived Protein
1 cup icing sugar
1 teaspoon
23. 125g
Hot
1 cup grated cheese
potassium
vitamin a...
24. 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
analogous
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
1 tablespoon
Condensation Reaction
25. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
Moderate
1 teaspoon
height
Low Biological Value Protein
26. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
fiber
1 cup icing sugar
Essential Amino Acid
1 cup grated cheese
27. Keeps the body healthy protecting it from diseases such as scurvy (Vit. C) and rickets (Vit. D).
Vitamins: Description
Gel
Hydrolysis
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
28. One hue
1 teaspoon
digestion
Rennin
monochromatic
29. Eggs belong in this food group
olive oil
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Meat or Protein
Vitamins: Description
30. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall
High Biological Value
iron
olive oil
town home
31. Outline of an object
vitamin d
Pepsidase
Low Biological Value Protein
line
32. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
Fats: Description
Kwashiokor
custom homes
Deamination
33. Chemical substances that are needed in the body for correct functioning
1 tablespoon butter
calcium
Nutrient
Kwashiokor
34. 150
Carbohydrates: Description
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Slow
Protein: Types
35. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
texture
analogous
digestion
Protein: Types
36. Foods from the extras group are usually high
Rennin
1 teaspoon
1 cup white sugar
sugar and fats
37. The food that the nutrient is found in.
relaxation
Rennin
1 cup white sugar
Source
38. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
Carbohydrates: Types
Minerals: Types
protein
Vitamin B
39. Lack of adequate nutrition - result of lack of nutrition or unbalanced diet.
Malnutrition
apartment home
Fats: Types
oats
40. Iron for healthy blood - calcium for healthy bones - iodine for proper functioning of thyroid gland.
Trypsin
calcium
Minerals: Description
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
41. Plant material bodies cannot digest
Very Hot
water
monochromatic
fiber
42. Measure of protein quality - number of essential amino acids a food contains - High Biological Value (HBV) Low Biological Value (LBV)
thiamine
1 cup icing sugar
Biological Value
height
43. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium
custom homes
height
minerals
Vitamin D
44. 190
Carbohydrates
1 teaspoon
monochromatic
Moderate Hot
45. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
height
Minerals: Description
calcium
osteoporosis
46. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
oats
relaxation
Vitamin a...
Enzyme
47. Good sources of this vitamin are oranges - kiwi - and grapefruit
1 tablespoon flour
Minerals: Types
iron
Vitamin C
48. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
Carbohydrates: Types
Carbohydrates: Description
magnesium
Water: Types
49. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.
Vitamins: Types
Polypeptide
calcium
1 cup icing sugar
50. Colour change which occurs when amino acids and sugar are exposed to dry heat. Also known as non-enzymic browning.
Maillard Reaction
Pepsidase
Very Hot
Essential Amino Acid