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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 in butter. B in wholegrain and cereals. C in citrus fruits. D in butter.
Vitamins: Types
potassium
Moderate Hot
calcium
2. 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.
Deamination
olive oil
1 cup white sugar
potassium
3. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
Carbohydrates: Description
width
Low Biological Value Protein
Vitamin a...
4. Substances that are important for the body's growth and care
nutrients
cholesterol
Fats: Description
Low Biological Value Protein
5. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall
town home
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Carbohydrates: Types
calcium
6. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
Kwashiokor
Carbohydrates: Description
Marasmus
protein
7. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
Meat or Protein
iron
apartment home
sugar and fats
8. A condition in which the bones gradually lose their mineral intake and become weak and brittle
1 tablespoon
osteoporosis
Vitamin D
Very slow
9. The nutrient that helps regulate fluid balance
manufactured home
electrolyte
Conjugated Protein
nutrients
10. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
Slow
fats or extras
1 cup butter
calcium
11. Vegetables are a great source of this
1 tablespoon
Vitamin a...
Vitamin C
sugar and fats
12. Foods from the extras group are usually high
Polypeptide
protein
sugar and fats
vitamin a...
13. 90 degrees of each other
analogous
potassium
breads and grains
iron
14. 175g
Minerals: Description
potassium
osteoporosis
1 cup icing sugar
15. 20g
calcium
line
Deficiency
1 tablespoon
16. 2.5mL
iron
1/4 teaspoon
1/2 teaspoon
oats
17. Lack of adequate nutrition - result of lack of nutrition or unbalanced diet.
texture
Malnutrition
calcium
town home
18. A nutrient needed in large amounts (protein - carbohydrate - lipid)
1/2 teaspoon
Macronutrient
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Nutrient
19. 250g
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon
town home
1 cup icing sugar
20. 250g
Fats: Types
1 cup butter
Pepsidase
potassium
21. 120
Derived Protein
Deamination
Very slow
amino acids
22. Gives you healthy skin and eyes
water
Very slow
vitamin a...
vitamin d
23. Contrast; opposite colors
Moderate
Maillard Reaction
complementary
1 teaspoon
24. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.
Polypeptide
1 tablespoon flour
Pepsidase
Fats: Description
25. Chemical substances that are needed in the body for correct functioning
Nutrient
Polypeptide
Condensation Reaction
calcium
26. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use
Malnutrition
oats
digestion
line
27. 1.25mL
Vitamin B
proteins
1/4 teaspoon
potassium
28. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
Vitamin C
Gel
Vitamin C
1 tablespoon butter
29. Vitamin supplied by breads and grains
Protein: Description
Vitamin B
proteins
width
30. 2 or more proteins are eaten together to supplement each other. Occurs when one protein is lacking in one or more essential amino acids and is eaten with another food which contains the missing essential amino acid. E.g. beans on toast (Beans are hig
iron
apartment home
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
breads and grains
31. 20mL
tract home
Macronutrient
Fats: Description
1 tablespoon
32. Irreversible reaction - unfolding of the protein chain - caused by HEAT - ADDITION OF ACID & MECHANICAL ACTION.
Denaturation
minerals
Water: Types
nutrients
33. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
height
1 tablespoon
Pepsidase
magnesium
34. 200
Hot
Water: Types
olive oil
1 tablespoon
35. Helps build strong muscles and repairs body tissue
1 teaspoon
Minerals: Types
protein
calcium
36. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
Moderate Hot
Malnutrition
Moderate
Protein: Description
37. The building blocks that make up proteins - Smallest part of a protein
Moderate Hot
apartment home
amino acids
Nutrient
38. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
Meat or Protein
Fats: Types
minerals
breads and grains
39. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
Nutrient
apartment home
saturated fats
Moderate
40. Keeps the body healthy protecting it from diseases such as scurvy (Vit. C) and rickets (Vit. D).
Vitamins: Description
tract home
Marasmus
1 tablespoon flour
41. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
1 tablespoon flour
protein
Marasmus
Carbohydrates
42. Protein are formed as a result of chemical or enzymic action on the protein.
Derived Protein
protein
chaos
vitamin a...
43. Vertical
Very slow
height
digestion
Derived Protein
44. Sugar in ripe fruit - starch in cereals - fibre in bran and celery.
amino acids
Carbohydrates: Types
monochromatic
calcium
45. One hue
Nutrient
potassium
monochromatic
vitamin a...
46. Helps your body fight infection and helps cuts heal
calcium
Derived Protein
Vitamin C
Low Biological Value Protein
47. 20g
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup icing sugar
Conjugated Protein
electrolyte
48. Protein deficiency - causes dermatitis - retarded growth and a pot belly. Common is 3rd World.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
1 cup white sugar
osteoporosis
Kwashiokor
49. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Water: Description
Gluten
Malnutrition
Minerals: Types
50. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
oats
Moderate
Kwashiokor
1/4 teaspoon