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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. Helps your body fight infection and helps cuts heal
1/2 teaspoon
amino acids
Vitamin C
fats or extras
2. Iron for healthy blood - calcium for healthy bones - iodine for proper functioning of thyroid gland.
Minerals: Description
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
space
3. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
Gel
Rennin
cholesterol
magnesium
4. Helps build strong muscles and repairs body tissue
electrolyte
Vitamins: Description
1 cup sifted flour
protein
5. Outline of an object
fiber
breads and grains
Deficiency
line
6. Chemical reaction when 2 amino acids join together with the elimination of water. Amino group of one amino acid combines with the carboxyl group of another amino acid.
Condensation Reaction
1 tablespoon flour
line
relaxation
7. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
Vitamins: Types
osteoporosis
Very Hot
Malnutrition
8. A waxy substance that is a part of every cell of your body and intake should be low
vitamin a...
olive oil
Vitamin B
cholesterol
9. Works with calcium to build strong bones and teeth milk
town home
magnesium
Vitamin B
vitamin d
10. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium
analogous
Vitamin B
Vitamin D
fats or extras
11. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas
potassium
apartment home
complementary
Moderate Hot
12. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
Low Biological Value Protein
Source
Pepsin
analogous
13. 125g
olive oil
analogous
Vitamin D
1 cup grated cheese
14. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Macronutrient
iron
Minerals: Types
15. Built to a persons specifications
potassium
potassium
custom homes
1/2 teaspoon
16. Elements needed in small amounts for sturdy bones and teeth - healthy blood - and regular elimination of wastes
water
minerals
Essential Amino Acid
Water: Types
17. 190
Trypsin
vitamin a...
Moderate Hot
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
18. 9-11 servings daily
breads and grains
chaos
Polypeptide
Denaturation
19. The 3 dimensional space to be designed
space
Rennin
Vitamin B
Source
20. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall
Condensation Reaction
Macronutrient
town home
Moderate Hot
21. Helps body fight infection - helps wounds heal - helps keep gums healthy citrus fruits - berries - melon
vitamin c
Very slow
iron
fiber
22. Low fat milk - non fat yogurt - and lite sour cream are low in this nutrient
Water: Types
Vitamin a...
saturated fats
Moderate Hot
23. Substances that are important for the body's growth and care
Water: Types
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Vitamins: Description
nutrients
24. Helps have healthy gums and teeth <3
osteoporosis
calcium
oats
Vitamin a...
25. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
cholesterol
fiber
Water: Description
custom homes
26. Lack of adequate nutrition - result of lack of nutrition or unbalanced diet.
Malnutrition
Conjugated Protein
oats
1 tablespoon butter
27. Vertical
Pepsidase
fats or extras
height
Vitamin a...
28. 5mL
space
1 teaspoon
Very slow
magnesium
29. Horizontal
Vitamin B
width
1 tablespoon flour
electrolyte
30. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
iron
proteins
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Derived Protein
31. A nutrient needed in large amounts (protein - carbohydrate - lipid)
vitamin a...
Vitamin C
Deamination
Macronutrient
32. Chemical substances that are needed in the body for correct functioning
Nutrient
High Biological Value
Vitamins: Description
1 cup butter
33. A in butter. B in wholegrain and cereals. C in citrus fruits. D in butter.
Vitamins: Types
Source
1 tablespoon
proteins
34. One hue
monochromatic
Vitamin D
Deficiency
Carbohydrates: Types
35. 180
1 cup white sugar
Macronutrient
Moderate
Hot
36. An enzyme made in the ileum which breaks peptides into amino acids.
space
vitamin c
calcium
Pepsidase
37. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
Protein: Description
Very Hot
magnesium
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
38. The function / job of a nutrient in the body.
Carbohydrates
Biological Function
Protein: Types
texture
39. 230 - 250
Very Hot
Moderate
breads and grains
calcium
40. An enzyme made in the stomach which breaks protein into peptones.
Gluten
Vitamin D
Pepsin
Moderate
41. 175g
1 cup icing sugar
Fats: Types
Carbohydrates
height
42. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
water
1 tablespoon flour
Vitamin C
custom homes
43. 120
1 tablespoon butter
Vitamins: Description
Very slow
potassium
44. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
Very Hot
sugar and fats
space
Carbohydrates: Description
45. Protein found in wheat - gives elasticity to foods e.g bread (Coeliacs are allergic to it)
1 cup sifted flour
Gluten
Water: Description
Meat or Protein
46. 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
saturated fats
Fats: Types
Enzyme
47. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
space
1 cup sifted flour
calcium
Derived Protein
48. Diagonal
Moderate Hot
Nutrient
chaos
Rennin
49. Sugar in ripe fruit - starch in cereals - fibre in bran and celery.
Deficiency
Carbohydrates: Types
breads and grains
potassium
50. 20mL
1 cup butter
iron
1 tablespoon
1/4 teaspoon