Food Groups vs. Nutrients
Calories
Food & Environment
100

These are the 6 Essential Nutrients

What are Carbohydrates, Protein, Fats, Vitamins, Minerals, Water?

100
Another way to say Calorie is what?

What is a kcal?

100

When individuals have adequate access to nutritious and plentiful food that are considered to have what?

What is Food security?

200

Items that are low in Calories, fats, sugars, and sodium but high in nutrients are known as what?

What are nutrient-dense foods?

200

Name three factors that determine an individual's Calorie needs?

Age, height, weight, activity level, gender

200

Difference in Conventional and Regenerative ag

300

This micronutrient is found in soil and water and is inorganic.

What are Minerals?

300

This is the estimated number of Calories it takes to either gain or lose 1 pound

What is 3500 Calories?

300

What happens with Regenerative agriculture when they keep cover crops on the field all year long?

What is more carbon in released into the soil?

400

Beans can count for which 2 food groups?

What are Vegetables and Protein
400

If you made a meal with 5 grams of protein and 5 grams of fats, about how many total Calories would the meal have?

What is about 65 Calories. 4 Cal per gram of protein and 9 Cal per gram of fats.

400

What is the difference between Grass fed vs grain fed cattle in terms of environmental impact

What is that grass fed cattle do not emit as much methane as grain eating cattle?
500

Explain the benefits to whole grains over refined grains?

What is the have more nutrients and provide a more sustained energy level? Also, more fiber!

500

What is a strategy to reduce the calorie content of a certain dish?

Teacher discretion on the response as there are multiple options 

500

This percent of corn is used for human consumption?

What is 30%