2v cc (testweek)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

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Have you got any idea
what you’re going to
be tested on in
the test week?

Second Test week

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look at the following facts about chilli peppers. One of them is not true. Decide which one.

1. Birds are immune to the heat of chilli peppers. True

2. Mexico is the largest exporter of chilli peppers in the world. False

3. There is more vitamin C in a chilli pepper than there is in an orange. True

4. The largest amount of ghost peppers eaten in one minute is 97g by

Canadian, Mike Jack. True

Birds are immune to the heat, as this is why they can spread the seeds around the world.

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India is actually the largest exporter of chilli peppers, even though chillis are widely used in Mexican cuisine.

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Chilli peppers and peppers generally are a great source of Vitamin C

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Mike Jack can be seen breaking the record on You Tube on the Guinness World Record Breakers page.

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<span style="font-weight: bold">a group of atoms bonded together&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">get a reaction or an answer from someone
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<span style="font-weight: bold">cause physical or mental suffering</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;an organ or cell which responds to light, heat and other sensations</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">a primitive reaction to stress, causing an increase in adrenaline&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">a micro-organism e.g. bacteria causing disease</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;make something weaker e.g. by adding water or another weaker&nbsp;<span>element</span></span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;something which consists of two or more separate elements</span>

elicit

receptor

fight-or-flight response

compound

molecules

diluted

microbe

torment

Fill in the gaps using the words given.
one word is extra.

1. elicited

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microbes

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tormented

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compound

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molecule

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diluted

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fight-or-flight response

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Fill in the gaps
using the words given.
one word is extra.
Done? Make a sentence
with each word

<span style="font-weight: bold">D) The capsaicin and piperine, found in black pepper and chilli peppers, are made up of larger, heavier molecules called alkylamides, and</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">c) This is why chilli peppers burn your mouth, and wasabi burns your nose.</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;F) You may have noticed that not all spicy foods are spicy in the same way. And the difference lies in the types of compounds involved.</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">B) those mostly stay in your mouth.</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">E) that easily float up into your sinuses.</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">A) Mustard, horseradish, and wasabi are made up of smaller molecules, called isothiocyanate</span>,

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Now watch the whole video and complete the summary by choosing the correct word.