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Home Economics
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
Carbohydrates: Description
Deamination
vitamin a...
nutrients
2. Healthiest oil to cook with
Minerals: Description
Fats: Types
olive oil
Hot
3. 9-11 servings daily
tract home
breads and grains
Conjugated Protein
complementary
4. Protein found in wheat - gives elasticity to foods e.g bread (Coeliacs are allergic to it)
Gluten
fiber
Water: Description
Meat or Protein
5. Helps body fight infection - helps wounds heal - helps keep gums healthy citrus fruits - berries - melon
monochromatic
vitamin c
proteins
Fats: Description
6. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
Coagulation
tract home
Carbohydrates: Types
Marasmus
7. Amount of each nutrient that is needed to to meet a persons nutritional requirements.
Very slow
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
1 cup white sugar
chaos
8. Chemical substances that are needed in the body for correct functioning
Carbohydrates: Description
minerals
Nutrient
custom homes
9. Helps build strong muscles and repairs body tissue
Condensation Reaction
osteoporosis
Moderate Hot
protein
10. Substances that are important for the body's growth and care
olive oil
nutrients
Vitamin C
Hot
11. 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
Carbohydrates: Types
High Biological Value
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
calcium
12. One hue
Denaturation
Pepsidase
monochromatic
amino acids
13. Keeps bowels regular
Source
fiber
1 cup icing sugar
texture
14. Cookie cutter house in master planned community - all have similar floor plans
potassium
tract home
thiamine
magnesium
15. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
1 tablespoon
Fats: Types
saturated fats
space
16. The food that the nutrient is found in.
Source
Biological Value
Vitamins: Types
Moderate Hot
17. Colour change which occurs when amino acids and sugar are exposed to dry heat. Also known as non-enzymic browning.
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Rennin
Maillard Reaction
Biological Value
18. 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.
olive oil
High Biological Value
fiber
Minerals: Types
19. 20g
Hot
Trypsin
1 tablespoon butter
Deamination
20. Good sources of this vitamin are oranges - kiwi - and grapefruit
Hydrolysis
Vitamin C
1 cup grated cheese
cholesterol
21. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
Gel
iron
analogous
apartment home
22. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
breads and grains
Low Biological Value Protein
relaxation
Protein: Types
23. Should be eaten sparingly
Vitamin a...
water
Fats: Description
fats or extras
24. Horizontal
1 cup sifted flour
width
texture
Rennin
25. 250g
Deamination
1 cup white sugar
texture
Fats: Description
26. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
Very slow
Rennin
1 tablespoon
calcium
27. 10g
Condensation Reaction
1 tablespoon flour
Gluten
analogous
28. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
tract home
Trypsin
Minerals: Types
1 tablespoon flour
29. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas
Macronutrient
potassium
1 cup grated cheese
line
30. Keeps the body healthy protecting it from diseases such as scurvy (Vit. C) and rickets (Vit. D).
fats or extras
vitamin a...
thiamine
Vitamins: Description
31. 1.25mL
texture
Maillard Reaction
1 teaspoon
1/4 teaspoon
32. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
height
Low Biological Value Protein
oats
Biological Value
33. 20g
Protein: Description
1 tablespoon
height
minerals
34. An enzyme made in the ileum which breaks peptides into amino acids.
Vitamins: Description
Essential Amino Acid
vitamin d
Pepsidase
35. Vegetables are a great source of this
vitamin d
1 cup grated cheese
Vitamin a...
1 cup icing sugar
36. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
Biological Value
iron
Pepsin
Fats: Types
37. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
Gel
Meat or Protein
Biological Value
breads and grains
38. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use
Deamination
digestion
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
breads and grains
39. Meat - Fish - Chicken - Milk - Cheese - Eggs - Soya beans
Gel
Protein: Types
Maillard Reaction
olive oil
40. 120
space
1 tablespoon flour
Very slow
calcium
41. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.
calcium
magnesium
1 cup butter
Polypeptide
42. 125g
Maillard Reaction
Deamination
Nutrient
1 cup grated cheese
43. 200
Hot
Protein: Types
protein
Carbohydrates
44. 20mL
manufactured home
1 tablespoon
line
complementary
45. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
vitamin a...
iron
water
proteins
46. Built to a persons specifications
custom homes
Gel
iron
Carbohydrates: Description
47. Measure of protein quality - number of essential amino acids a food contains - High Biological Value (HBV) Low Biological Value (LBV)
Slow
Biological Value
protein
Malnutrition
48. 190
vitamin a...
Hydrolysis
Moderate Hot
Meat or Protein
49. Plant material bodies cannot digest
Nutrient
fiber
1 cup sifted flour
sugar and fats
50. Outline of an object
Nutrient
line
analogous
town home