Food and Nutrition

You need to drink only two glasses of water every day.

• True

• False

To be healthy we have to...

• eat junk food.

• sleep all day.

• do exercise, eat healthy and rest.

• watch TV all day.

The table shows Reference Intakes for

11 year olds. Which nutrient do girls need more of than boys?

• vitamin C

• iron

• energy

• carbohydrate

A nutrient found in many foods is:

• carbohydrate

• energy

• potato

• carbon dioxide

What is used to test a food for starch?

• iodine solution

• Benedict’s solution

• a piece of paper

• sugar

Our bodies need food as a fuel for:

• nutrition

• respiration

• excretion

• combustion

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Good sources of protein are:

• meat, fish and nuts

• fruits and vegetables

• pasta, potatoes and rice

• fruit juices

Which of these people will need to eat food containing the most energy in a day?

• a 3-year-old child

• an 85-year-old woman

• a 35-year-old man who works outside cutting down trees

• a 25-year-old woman who works in an office using a word processor

You have a balanced diet when:

• the mass of all the food you eat in a day adds up to 100 kg

• the mass of all the food you eat one day is equal to the mass you eat the next day

• you eat foods containing the right amounts of all the different nutrients

• you only eat fish on Fridays

Which organ is labelled X in the drawing?

• small intestine

• stomach

• liver

• mouth