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From all the available foods, we should select what of each? |
The proper balance |
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My Plate includes which five food groups? |
Fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy |
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Grains have the most what? |
Carbohydrates |
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Iodine is a? |
Mineral |
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A well-recognized group of diseases is known as? |
Deficiency diseases |
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Cereals, bread, and pastas are examples of what? |
Grains |
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What will prevent scurvy? |
Raw Vegetables |
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Oily veggies or animal substances are examples of? |
Fats |
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Carbohydrates are nutrients that provide? |
Quick energy |
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Meat, fish, cheese, and peas have? |
Proteins |
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Are calcium and iron vitamins? |
No |
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Vitamin A |
Keeps eyes, skin, and hair healthy. |
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Vitamin A found in what? |
Fatty foods, milk, butter, and Carotene |
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Vitamin B |
Helps Nervous system function |
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Vitamin C |
Helps form blood vessels, prevents scurvy, resists infection |
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Vitamin D |
Builds calcium and phosphorus into bones |
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Vitamin E |
Helps cells function normally |
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Vitamin K |
Helps blood clot |
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Good source of vitamin B |
Leafy vegetables |
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Bruising, bleeding into tissues are symptoms of lack of which vitamin? |
Vitamin C called scurvy |
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Partial blindness and infections is lack of which vitamin? |
Vitamin A |
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Sources of vitamin B |
Thiamine, niacin, riboflavin |
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How does toxic waste enter foods? |
Through the contamination of groundwater |
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"Junk food" refers to food made mostly of what? |
Fats and sugars |
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Two common symptoms of allergic reaction that affect the brain are what? |
Headache and fatigue |
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Pasteurization |
Process of heating a substance to kill harmful microbes but leave the flavor unharmed |
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Vaccines |
Substances of dead or weak bacteria introduced into the body to produce resistance to a specific disease |
Its ok |
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Contagious |
Easily transferred from person to person by direct or indirect contact |
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Antiseptic |
Chemical that slows down or stops bacteria growth |
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Germ |
Microscopic organism (microbes) |
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Bacteria |
Microscopic organism that does not have a nucleus and multiplies by single cell division |
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Microscopic |
Requiring a microscope to view because of very small size |
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Hygiene |
The system of habits used to preserve good health |
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Who had the idea that diseases are the result of germs? |
Louis Pasteur |
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What is the easiest and first defense against contagious diseases? |
Sanitation |
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What is the top layer of skin called? |
Epidermis |
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What is the second layer of skin called? |
Dermis |
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The dermis contains what? |
Our sweat and oil glands |
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The epidermis contains what? |
Our skin cells |
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Nervous stress can contribute to and cause what? |
Skin blemishes |
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Where does oil and sweat accumulate the most because skin is very active? |
Scalp |
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Our growth and size are primarily linked to what? |
Genetics |
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What keeps muscles tone and strengthens the heart? |
Exercise!!! |
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Many plants, rocks, soil and water contain what? |
Minerals |
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Amino acids are what? |
Building blocks for proteins |
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Healthy bones, teeth and muscles need which mineral? |
Calcium |
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What are pesticides? |
Chemicals used to get rid of insects from crops |
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What is a preservative? |
Chemical that is added to food to stop it from spoiling |
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An lack of vitamin B can cause which disease? |
Beriberi |
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An extreme lack of vitamin C can cause which disease? |
Scurvy |
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What is plaque? |
A sticky substance that forms in or on teeth from bacteria |
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Which disease is caused by an extreme lack of vitamin D? |
Rickets |
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List the 4 steps of digestion in order : |
1. Carbs change to sugar 2. Protein breaks down to amino acids 3. Fats convert to fatty acids 4. Nutrients are carried to cells |
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Evaporation from your body helps control proper ...? |
Body Temperature |
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You need to be able to label the schematic digestive system from quiz 1 question 15. |
Mouth, esophagus, liver, gall bladder, stomach, pancreas, large intestine and small intestine |
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