Key Terms

Question 1

The food a nutrient is found in

Answer 1

Source

Question 2

The job a nutrient has in the body

Answer 2

Function

Question 3

The food we eat on a day to day basis

Answer 3

Diet

Question 4

A substance found in food that has a specific function in the body

Answer 4

Nutrient

Question 5

Not getting enough of a nutrient

Answer 5

Deficiency

Question 6

Getting too much of a nutrient

Answer 6

Excess

Question 7

Anything we eat or drink

Answer 7

Food

Question 8

The study of food and its effects on the body

Answer 8

Nutrition

Question 9

Name of the bone disease that occurs mainly in elderly women when calcium leaves the bones

Answer 9

Osteoporosis

Question 10

Name of the bone disease which occurs in children who have a deficiency of calcium in their diets

Answer 10

Rickets in skin and soft bones

Question 11

Name of the disease which occurs mainly in developing countries and is caused by protein deficiency

Answer 11

Kwashiorkor

Question 12

Name of the deficiency disease that is caused by not having enough vitamin c in ur diet over a long period of time

Answer 12

Scurvy

Question 13

Proper name for vitamin D

Answer 13

Fruit

Question 14

Food poisoning

Answer 14

Illness that can occur after eating contaminated food

Question 15

Contamination

Answer 15

Occurs when something that gets into food shouldn’t be there eg: bacteria

Question 16

Bacteria

Answer 16

A microscopic organism which might cause disease

Question 17

Food hygiene

Answer 17

Ensuring the food is safe to eat and has been protected from contamination

Question 18

What does it mean if bacteria are Dormant?

Answer 18

Inactive, alive but not actively growing or multiplying

Question 19

What is campylobacter

Answer 19

Name of a common food poisoning bacterium that is sometimes found on raw meat and raw poultry

Question 20

What is campylobacter

Answer 20

A common food poisoning bacterium that is sometimes found on raw meat and raw poultry