Food Calorie and Joule Conversions

This video tutorial covers the conversion of heat energy units, focusing on converting joules to calories and kilojoules to food calories. It provides examples, including calculating the energy content in a cheeseburger and a snack bar, using conversion factors between different units of energy.

What is the conversion factor from joules to calories?

• 1 calorie = 4.184 joules

• 1 calorie = 3.184 joules

• 1 calorie = 5.184 joules

• 1 calorie = 2.184 joules

How many calories are equivalent to 500 joules?

• 119.5 calories

• 120.5 calories

• 121.5 calories

• 118.5 calories

What is the first step in converting kilojoules to food calories?

• Convert kilojoules to joules

• Convert joules to lowercase calories

• Convert kilojoules to lowercase calories

• Convert lowercase calories to food calories

How many food calories are in 750 kilojoules?

• 181.3 food calories

• 179.3 food calories

• 180.3 food calories

• 178.3 food calories

What is the conversion factor from food calories to lowercase calories?

• 1 food calorie = 2000 lowercase calories

• 1 food calorie = 1500 lowercase calories

• 1 food calorie = 500 lowercase calories

• 1 food calorie = 1000 lowercase calories

How many joules are in 700 food calories?

• 2,928,800 joules

• 2,828,800 joules

• 2,928,000 joules

• 2,928,900 joules

What is the conversion factor from grams of fat to food calories?

• 1 gram of fat = 10 food calories

• 1 gram of fat = 7 food calories

• 1 gram of fat = 9 food calories

• 1 gram of fat = 8 food calories

How many joules are in 15 grams of fat?

• 564,840 joules

• 564,740 joules

• 564,940 joules

• 564,640 joules

What is the final step in converting grams of fat to joules?

• Convert calories to joules

• Convert joules to calories

• Convert food calories to lowercase calories

• Convert grams to food calories

How many joules are in one calorie?

• 4.184 joules

• 3.184 joules

• 5.184 joules

• 2.184 joules