Biological molecules and diet

What is the function of a carbohydrate and what is is made of?

• Growth and repair, made up a amino acids.

• Provides energy, made up of simple sugars.

• Energy storage and cell membranes, made of glycerol and fatty acids.

Which food group made of long chain of amino acids and used for growth and repair?

Which 2 statements below relate to lipids?

• Made of glycerol and fatty acids.

• Used of growth and repair.

• Made of long chains of simple sugars.

• Used for energy storage and as a component of cell membranes.

Where would you find Vitamin A and what is it needed for?

• Found in fruit and veg, needed for skin and cartilage.

• Found in oily fish, needed for bone.

• Found in carrots, needed for vision.

• Found in dairy products, needed for bones.

Which vitamin is needed for skin and cartilage and results in scurvy if deficient?

Which 2 statements relate to Vitamin D?

• Needed for bones.

• Needed for skin and cartilage.

• Found in oily fish and sunlight.

• Found in Fruit and Veg.

Which foods would you find calcium in?

.............. is found in meat and needed for ................... in red blood cells. A deficiency in this results in anaemia. (type the two words below separated by a space)

Which of the below is needed to keep food moving through the digestive system?

• Calcium

• Protein

• Fibre

• Iron

What is the major component in body fluid that is required for reactions in the body?