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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. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
Gel
Source
oats
protein
2. Horizontal
1 tablespoon
Polypeptide
width
manufactured home
3. Built in a factory and installed at a specific site
Slow
manufactured home
Vitamin D
Water: Description
4. One hue
Minerals: Description
monochromatic
custom homes
Denaturation
5. Foods from the extras group are usually high
1 teaspoon
sugar and fats
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Derived Protein
6. A waxy substance that is a part of every cell of your body and intake should be low
cholesterol
tract home
Vitamin C
complementary
7. 10g
Carbohydrates
Vitamin D
1 tablespoon flour
breads and grains
8. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Polypeptide
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Enzyme
1 cup butter
9. Help keep the nervous system healthy - promotes growth - appetite and digestion whole grain and enriched breads and cereals - pork - organ meats - dry beans - peas
texture
minerals
calcium
thiamine
10. Curved
vitamin a...
relaxation
Gluten
magnesium
11. Should be eaten sparingly
fats or extras
Maillard Reaction
vitamin d
1 cup butter
12. 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.
Protein: Types
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
calcium
Carbohydrates: Types
13. Outline of an object
Essential Amino Acid
line
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Biological Function
14. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
Minerals: Description
iron
apartment home
1 tablespoon butter
15. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
Coagulation
calcium
nutrients
olive oil
16. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
Kwashiokor
Trypsin
Minerals: Description
Maillard Reaction
17. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
minerals
potassium
Low Biological Value Protein
vitamin c
18. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
fiber
calcium
fiber
minerals
19. 120
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
analogous
Very slow
Pepsidase
20. Measure of protein quality - number of essential amino acids a food contains - High Biological Value (HBV) Low Biological Value (LBV)
Vitamin B
oats
Biological Value
Vitamin B
21. A nutrient needed in large amounts (protein - carbohydrate - lipid)
magnesium
proteins
complementary
Macronutrient
22. 150
proteins
Slow
Pepsidase
Maillard Reaction
23. 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
vitamin a...
fiber
High Biological Value
water
24. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
Fats: Types
calcium
Coagulation
fiber
25. Plant material bodies cannot digest
tract home
fiber
line
Biological Value
26. 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.
1 tablespoon flour
Pepsidase
Condensation Reaction
cholesterol
27. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
calcium
magnesium
Rennin
Vitamin C
28. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
Maillard Reaction
Carbohydrates: Description
thiamine
texture
29. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
Hydrolysis
Trypsin
width
1 tablespoon flour
30. Fruit juices - tea - coffee - milk - soups - fruit - vegtables.
Rennin
Vitamin C
Moderate
Water: Types
31. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
Biological Function
Hot
water
nutrients
32. Vertical
1/4 teaspoon
tract home
height
calcium
33. 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
calcium
Gluten
Biological Function
Carbohydrates
34. 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.
analogous
Vitamin B
Deamination
Hydrolysis
35. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Water: Description
Source
Protein: Types
Moderate
36. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
oats
Essential Amino Acid
Polypeptide
Denaturation
37. Good sources of this vitamin are oranges - kiwi - and grapefruit
Coagulation
Moderate Hot
fiber
Vitamin C
38. 20g
Hot
1 tablespoon
vitamin a...
olive oil
39. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
Malnutrition
osteoporosis
Enzyme
Vitamins: Types
40. Colour change which occurs when amino acids and sugar are exposed to dry heat. Also known as non-enzymic browning.
analogous
Maillard Reaction
Fats: Types
manufactured home
41. The building blocks that make up proteins - Smallest part of a protein
Condensation Reaction
1 tablespoon butter
manufactured home
amino acids
42. 250g
Essential Amino Acid
Vitamin a...
1 cup white sugar
town home
43. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
proteins
1 tablespoon butter
Derived Protein
Meat or Protein
44. Protein found in wheat - gives elasticity to foods e.g bread (Coeliacs are allergic to it)
Water: Description
Gluten
Polypeptide
1 cup sifted flour
45. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas
magnesium
potassium
amino acids
protein
46. 190
1 tablespoon butter
cholesterol
Protein: Description
Moderate Hot
47. 125g
Protein: Description
fats or extras
1 cup sifted flour
thiamine
48. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.
Hot
proteins
Polypeptide
Enzyme
49. 180
Moderate
calcium
Source
analogous
50. Vegetables are a great source of this
Vitamin D
Carbohydrates: Description
Very Hot
Vitamin a...