Food Science Mid-Term Review
Across
- 1. Sugary, processed foods are _____ to digest.
- 4. The chemical process of producing & using energy gained from your food.
- 6. Produces pancreatic juices that further breaks food into smaller pieces and neutralizes stomach acid
- 10. Intestine that absorbs your food’s nutrients by allowing them to pass through the intestinal wall
- 12. Absorbs water, easing food through the digestive tract. Pushes waste out of your body. Prevents colon cancer.
- 14. A solution, The two substances are equally distributed throughout and cannot be told apart. Heterogenous The two substances are NOT equally distributed throughout and CAN be told apart.
- 15. Intestine that absorbs the water & minerals out of the remaining food.
- 17. A healthy, constant internal environment.
- 21. eliminate free radicals. Comes from fruits & vegetable sources such as blueberries, dark chocolate, or spinach.
- 22. A diet cult that promises weight loss or other health advantages. In many cases, the diet is characterized by highly restrictive or unusual food choices. This is a ____ diet.
- 23. The simplest form of matter.
- 26. Pure substances & mixtures are classifications of _______.
- 30. Egg whites and caffeine are examples of foods that _____ metabolism.
- 32. Mouth feel & sound are examples of a foods ______.
- 33. Chicken would be broken down by the enzyme:________.
- 35. A stretchable pouch that releases gastric juices for digestion. Food is completely unrecognizable after the stomach
- 36. A banana would be broken down by the enzyme:________.
- 37. An alteration of a substance that does not change its chemical composition. Phase changes, size change, chewing, cracking an egg are all ________ changes.
- 38. The physical and chemical breakdown of food to release nutrients in a form that your body can absorb and use as energy.
Down
- 2. The change of one substance into another (new) substance: Rusting, Baking a cake, scrambled eggs, caramelization, browning banana are all _______ changes.
- 3. Biological molecules that act as a catalysts and help complex reactions occur everywhere in life.
- 5. the chemical reactions in which elements combine with oxygen.
- 7. How something reacts with something else: Heat of Combustion, Toxicity, Flammability are all examples of _________ Properties.
- 8. Waves of muscular contractions that push food further down the digestive tract.
- 9. The enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates
- 11. Produces bile which helps fat mix with water so that your body can absorb it
- 12. Chemistry, earth science, biology, botany, Physiology, Bacteriology, Zoology, physics are all branches of ________ _________.
- 13. Have an unpaired electron causing instability within the body. Comes from animal food sources, refined/processed foods as well as trans fats and artificial sweeteners.
- 16. Substances readily change into gas when food is heated, adding to its smell
- 18. The substance that gets dissolved in a solution.
- 19. contains protease; a naturally occurring enzyme that breaks down protein.
- 20. Meat and protein are ____ to digest.
- 24. An avocado would be broken down by the enzyme:________.
- 25. The mechanical, physical breakdown of food.
- 27. A healthy and constant internal environment. Biotechnology Altering the genetics to improve plants and animals for food production
- 28. Where chewing occurs, saliva begins to breakdown the food
- 29. Extremely low calorie intake, Denies the body the energy it needs to survival, Slows down metabolism, thus saving energy. This is a ____ diet.
- 31. Stores bile & releases it when the small intestine is ready
- 34. Connects the mouth to the stomach