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WorksheetsWhat are calories?
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Calories are a way of
monitor only the weight of the body.
keeping track of the food's weight.
keeping track of the body's energy budget.
monitor the energy of the someone's body.
A healthy balance occurs when we
put in about as much energy as we lose
put in less energy than we lose
put in more energy than we lose
Within the chemical bonds is where
the calories are lost in our food.
the energy is stored in our food.
the calories are made in our food.
The fats are stored in our food.
We use more energy to
do physical activities.
basic functions of organs and tissues.
digestion.
sleep.
The energy we get from food is released during digestion, and stored in other molecules that can be broken down to provide energy when the body needs it.
True
False
The basal metabolic rate (BMR), a number of calories you would need
to survive when you practice more than acarega physical exercise.
to survive when living a normal life.
to survive if you get sick.
to survive if you weren't eating or moving around.
The calorie counts on nutrition labels measure how much energy you can actually get out of food.
True
False
What type of food take more energy to digest?
Carbohydatres
Watery
Dairy
Fibrous
Even with the exact same food, different people always get the same number of calories.
True
False
The amount of calories that a person needs to consume everyday is mesured by
the age
an average weight, muscle mass, physical activity, and other factors
the hight and weight of the person
the amount of physical activity people do on averege
We can't think only about the calories, we also have to think about the nutritional quality of our food.
True
False
To work out exactly how many calories each of us requires we need to factor things like
exercise, food type and our body's ability to process energy.
weight, height and our body's ability to process energy.
height, food type and our body's ability to process energy.
exercise, weight and our body's ability to process energy.
If we consistently put more energy into our bodies than we burn,
the excess will gradually be stored as healthy cells
the excess will graduallt be burned while we sleep
the excess will gradually be stored as fat in our cells
the excess will gradually be burned while we keep eating
Official guidelines for how many calories the average person requires each day: 2000 for women and 2500 for men.
True
False
The amount of calories we need can change by external or internal factors, an example of that is
weight
pregnancy
hight
culture
