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Tazate

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The label on a package of cookies states that there are 100 calories per serving. Explain the different meanings of this statement to a chemist and to a nutritionist. Be sure your answer explains the difference between kilocalories and Calorie.
 
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Question 2

If heat is consumed during a reaction, the reaction is said to be ________.
 
  A) endothermic
  B) exothermic
  C) endergonic
  D) exothermic
  E) can't tell.



Rilsmarie951

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Answer to Question 1

This statement means that the food energy contained in one serving of cookies is 100 kilocalories. A nutritionist calls one kilocalorie a Calorie; that is, a food Calories is really 1000 of the chemists' calories.

Answer to Question 2

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