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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. Healthiest oil to cook with
calcium
tract home
line
olive oil
2. Gives you healthy skin and eyes
Trypsin
vitamin a...
monochromatic
Moderate Hot
3. Helps build strong muscles and repairs body tissue
Derived Protein
Malnutrition
iron
protein
4. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Biological Function
minerals
Water: Description
vitamin d
5. 20mL
Condensation Reaction
Malnutrition
1 tablespoon
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
6. 10g
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Carbohydrates: Description
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon
7. 190
Essential Amino Acid
olive oil
breads and grains
Moderate Hot
8. 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.
iron
Deamination
Vitamins: Description
Nutrient
9. Meat - Fish - Chicken - Milk - Cheese - Eggs - Soya beans
Enzyme
digestion
Protein: Types
Rennin
10. 125g
sugar and fats
height
Carbohydrates: Description
1 cup grated cheese
11. 200
Deamination
Condensation Reaction
Hot
line
12. 180
1 tablespoon butter
Moderate
vitamin d
Gluten
13. Built in a factory and installed at a specific site
Polypeptide
manufactured home
chaos
digestion
14. Curved
space
Low Biological Value Protein
relaxation
apartment home
15. A waxy substance that is a part of every cell of your body and intake should be low
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Derived Protein
cholesterol
Maillard Reaction
16. Amount of each nutrient that is needed to to meet a persons nutritional requirements.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
chaos
Moderate
1 cup icing sugar
17. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains
1 teaspoon
calcium
Vitamin B
Rennin
18. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
Slow
town home
complementary
Rennin
19. Eggs belong in this food group
Derived Protein
Meat or Protein
Malnutrition
calcium
20. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
Kwashiokor
protein
Vitamin C
Moderate
21. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall
Biological Value
fats or extras
town home
sugar and fats
22. 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.
osteoporosis
Gluten
High Biological Value
Rennin
23. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use
tract home
digestion
Vitamin C
minerals
24. Fruit juices - tea - coffee - milk - soups - fruit - vegtables.
Derived Protein
Water: Types
Gluten
Vitamin B
25. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
1 cup icing sugar
Carbohydrates: Types
Protein: Description
1 cup butter
26. Measure of protein quality - number of essential amino acids a food contains - High Biological Value (HBV) Low Biological Value (LBV)
Derived Protein
fiber
osteoporosis
Biological Value
27. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
texture
Very slow
Fats: Description
Low Biological Value Protein
28. Should be eaten sparingly
Gel
fats or extras
texture
1 cup white sugar
29. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
sugar and fats
osteoporosis
Hydrolysis
thiamine
30. Dark - leafy vegetables and orange vegetables are good sources of this vitamin
potassium
electrolyte
Vitamin a...
High Biological Value
31. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
custom homes
Vitamin B
magnesium
Very slow
32. 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
tract home
calcium
width
1 cup grated cheese
33. Help keep the nervous system healthy - promotes growth - appetite and digestion whole grain and enriched breads and cereals - pork - organ meats - dry beans - peas
Biological Value
width
thiamine
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
34. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
Fats: Types
thiamine
Trypsin
Fats: Description
35. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
height
Gel
custom homes
36. An enzyme made in the ileum which breaks peptides into amino acids.
olive oil
High Biological Value
Pepsidase
magnesium
37. 230 - 250
analogous
texture
Very Hot
1 cup icing sugar
38. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.
Meat or Protein
Polypeptide
calcium
1 tablespoon flour
39. Contrast; opposite colors
complementary
electrolyte
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Vitamin C
40. 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.
Malnutrition
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
calcium
1 cup butter
41. 125g
1 cup sifted flour
Rennin
Denaturation
complementary
42. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
1 cup icing sugar
apartment home
Gluten
Deficiency
43. Helps body fight infection - helps wounds heal - helps keep gums healthy citrus fruits - berries - melon
calcium
vitamin c
osteoporosis
Hot
44. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
Rennin
Enzyme
potassium
oats
45. 175g
Protein: Types
fiber
Essential Amino Acid
1 cup icing sugar
46. Protein are formed as a result of chemical or enzymic action on the protein.
Water: Description
1 teaspoon
Derived Protein
olive oil
47. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
Pepsidase
Hydrolysis
custom homes
Vitamin B
48. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
potassium
Vitamins: Description
Water: Types
texture
49. Diagonal
chaos
1 cup grated cheese
Very slow
Gluten
50. 2.5mL
1/2 teaspoon
proteins
Fats: Description
Water: Description