Objectives

Question 1

Energy Balance

Answer 1

The relationship between energy taken in from food and energy expended through metabolism and activity

Question 2

Joules

Answer 2

A measure of energy

Question 3

Bomb calorimeter

Answer 3

A lab tool used to precisely measure calories in food by the heat energy produced through combusting the food.

Question 4

Indirect calorimetry

Answer 4

A way of measuring metabolic rate based on oxygen consumption

Question 5

Direct calorimetry

Answer 5

A more precise measurement technique used to quantify metabolic rate, through direct measure of body heat