Nutrition Class Flashcards

Products derived from plants or animals that can be taken into the body to yield energy and nutrients.

The foods and beverages a person eats and drinks.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemicals in plant-based foods that are not nutrients but have effects on the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plant</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The capacity of a physical system to do work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and maintenance of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Materials that must be obtained in preassembled form because the animal's cells cannot make them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A unit used to measure the energy used by the body and provided by food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process in which nutrients are broken down and yield energy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Amount of energy released per gram of food/nutrients (kcals per gram).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organic nutrients required in small quantities by the body for health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inorganic elements required in small amounts by the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The complete set of genetic material (DNA) in an organism or cell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An experiment in which the subjects do not know their group assignment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The group that is not exposed to the treatment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A relationship between two variables where a change in one coincides with a change in the other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An experiment where neither participant nor researcher knows group assignments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The group that is exposed to the treatment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system using reviewers who are the professional equals of the investigator.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A harmless pill or procedure prescribed for psychological benefit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A technique for assigning experimental subjects to groups randomly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>(a) Repeating conditions within an experiment; (b) repeating whole experiments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The persons or animals whose behavior is observed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Having the quality of being founded on fact or evidence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An element or factor that is liable to vary or change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Labels for several terms estimating nutrient needs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The average amount of a nutrient that appears satisfactory for individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers