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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a group of atoms bonded together 

get a reaction or an answer from someone

cause physical or mental suffering

 an organ or cell which responds to light, heat and other sensations

a primitive reaction to stress, causing an increase in adrenaline 

a micro-organism e.g. bacteria causing disease

 make something weaker e.g. by adding water or another weaker element

 something which consists of two or more separate elements

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

D) The capsaicin and piperine, found in black pepper and chilli peppers, are made up of larger, heavier molecules called alkylamides, and

c) This is why chilli peppers burn your mouth, and wasabi burns your nose.

 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.

B) those mostly stay in your mouth.

E) that easily float up into your sinuses.

A) Mustard, horseradish, and wasabi are made up of smaller molecules, called isothiocyanate,

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