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Subject
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Helps regulate body fluids - helps muscles like the heart function orange juice - bananas
iron
width
potassium
calcium
2. 10g
apartment home
1 tablespoon flour
breads and grains
Pepsidase
3. Fruit juices - tea - coffee - milk - soups - fruit - vegtables.
texture
water
Water: Types
1 tablespoon flour
4. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
space
Carbohydrates
Fats: Description
iron
5. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Very slow
Vitamin B
cholesterol
6. 150
Carbohydrates
Vitamin D
Slow
Pepsin
7. Lack of adequate nutrition - result of lack of nutrition or unbalanced diet.
Malnutrition
town home
breads and grains
Protein: Types
8. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
Carbohydrates: Description
Fats: Types
Vitamins: Description
vitamin a...
9. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
iron
Biological Function
Vitamin C
Trypsin
10. Iron for healthy blood - calcium for healthy bones - iodine for proper functioning of thyroid gland.
Vitamin B
digestion
1 tablespoon butter
Minerals: Description
11. 20g
Water: Types
Vitamin D
1 tablespoon
Fats: Types
12. 125g
1 cup grated cheese
Rennin
osteoporosis
Low Biological Value Protein
13. Sugar in ripe fruit - starch in cereals - fibre in bran and celery.
complementary
1 cup grated cheese
Vitamin a...
Carbohydrates: Types
14. Amount of each nutrient that is needed to to meet a persons nutritional requirements.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
1/4 teaspoon
calcium
Denaturation
15. Helps have healthy gums and teeth <3
Vitamin a...
Marasmus
Source
calcium
16. 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.
1 tablespoon
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Derived Protein
1 tablespoon
17. Provides heat and energy - satify hunger - provides padding around heart and kidneys.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
Fats: Description
1/2 teaspoon
space
18. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
1 tablespoon
texture
Derived Protein
Coagulation
19. Colour change which occurs when amino acids and sugar are exposed to dry heat. Also known as non-enzymic browning.
Carbohydrates: Description
Nutrient
Polypeptide
Maillard Reaction
20. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
Nutrient
Essential Amino Acid
1 cup grated cheese
Meat or Protein
21. 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.
1 cup icing sugar
Deamination
Vitamin a...
Very Hot
22. Keeps the body healthy protecting it from diseases such as scurvy (Vit. C) and rickets (Vit. D).
Minerals: Description
line
town home
Vitamins: Description
23. An enzyme made in the ileum which breaks peptides into amino acids.
Fats: Types
Pepsidase
Marasmus
relaxation
24. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
potassium
Vitamin B
Carbohydrates: Description
Malnutrition
25. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
Protein: Description
Vitamins: Description
Carbohydrates: Types
Carbohydrates: Description
26. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
calcium
saturated fats
texture
digestion
27. 250g
1 tablespoon
1 cup white sugar
potassium
Hydrolysis
28. The nutrient group that supplies us with energy
Minerals: Types
custom homes
Coagulation
Carbohydrates
29. Helps blood carry oxygen - helps cells use oxygen meat - liver - eggs - dry beans - spinach
Nutrient
cholesterol
iron
Vitamin B
30. Elements needed in small amounts for sturdy bones and teeth - healthy blood - and regular elimination of wastes
Nutrient
Fats: Description
oats
minerals
31. The 3 dimensional space to be designed
Polypeptide
manufactured home
Vitamin a...
space
32. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
1 cup grated cheese
Marasmus
Coagulation
Vitamin B
33. A nutrient needed in large amounts (protein - carbohydrate - lipid)
Macronutrient
oats
Vitamin B
Trypsin
34. The food that the nutrient is found in.
Minerals: Description
Protein: Description
1 cup butter
Source
35. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
vitamin a...
Maillard Reaction
1 tablespoon
water
36. Built to a persons specifications
Biological Function
oats
width
custom homes
37. 125g
Low Biological Value Protein
1 cup sifted flour
Hot
Slow
38. A waxy substance that is a part of every cell of your body and intake should be low
High Biological Value
cholesterol
saturated fats
iron
39. Keeps bowels regular
fiber
1/2 teaspoon
Low Biological Value Protein
chaos
40. 190
Moderate Hot
Macronutrient
sugar and fats
Water: Description
41. Foods from the extras group are usually high
sugar and fats
space
width
complementary
42. 20g
1 tablespoon butter
vitamin d
1 cup sifted flour
vitamin c
43. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
space
Enzyme
1 tablespoon
1/4 teaspoon
44. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
Water: Types
Vitamin B
magnesium
manufactured home
45. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
Protein: Types
apartment home
saturated fats
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
46. 2.5mL
breads and grains
1/2 teaspoon
Very slow
1 tablespoon butter
47. Low fat milk - non fat yogurt - and lite sour cream are low in this nutrient
height
1 tablespoon flour
saturated fats
water
48. 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
1 teaspoon
sugar and fats
Kwashiokor
calcium
49. Vegetables are a great source of this
Vitamin a...
fats or extras
Fats: Types
Coagulation
50. Healthiest oil to cook with
Vitamin a...
Moderate Hot
olive oil
Carbohydrates: Types