Calories and Food Intake

A calorie is a...

• Bad thing
• Good thing
• Unit of energy

Your body needs all of the following to make energy except...

• Fats
• Proteins
• Chocolate
• Carbohydrates

Chicken, fish and meat contain which nutrient?

• Protein
• Carbohydrate
• Fats
• Minerals

Which food contains carbohydrates?

• Fish
• Pasta
• Egg
• Carrot

Humans use calories when

• a. Running

• b. Studying

• c. Sleeping

• d. All of the above

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A calorie is officially defined as the

amount of energy it __________ to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree

Celsius,

• takes

• take

• have

• has

What happens to the unused calories that you take in?

• they are stored as fat

• they leave your body

• nothing

• they give you immediate bonus energy

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Which activity will burn the most calories?

• Walking

• Running

• Sleeping

• Eating

If you don't eat enough calories, you won't have much _______.

• Sleep

• Energy

• to Eat

• Homework

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Most adults only need to eat around _____________ calories a day.

• 2,000

• 1,000

• 4,000

• 12,000

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