What is a Calorie?

What is a calorie?

• a measurement

• energy in food

• both

A calorie is the _____ needed to raise the temperature of a kilogram of water one degree _______

• fire, fairenheit

• vitamin,higher

• heat, Celsius

• food, lower

A gram of carbohydrate or protein = _____ calories

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Larger people need more calories

• True

• False

A kilocalorie (kcal) is the same as:

• a gram of fat

• kilojoule

• a food calorie

• the calories found in a head of lettuce

A bomb calorimeter is:

• an apparatus for measuring quantities of absorbed heat

• a way to test the amount of hydrogen in a food

• a device to explode excess energy

• a measuring machine to see how many carbs are in a food

An empty calorie is the calorie from

• high protein foods

• high fat foods

• foods that supply energy but not nutritionally balanced

• foods that are nutritionally dense

About how many unusued calories are stored in one pound of body fat?

• 3500

• 4500

• 5500

• 6500

You use 80% of the calories you eat for what activity?

• maintain your figure

• maintain your hair, skin and nails

• maintain brain activity

• maintain body heat

9 calories are = to

• 1 gram of carbs

• 1 gram of fat

• 1 gram of sugar

• 1 gram of minerals