Lesson 1: What is Nutrition?

TRUE/FALSE: Someone's body loses water everyday through sweating, breathing, and urinating.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

CHECK OFF: Which of the following are NOT key nutrients, the building blocks for our bodies?

• Protein

• Saturated Fat

• Minerals

• Fiber

• Vitamins

TRUE/FALSE: Eating cookies or cakes are examples of complex carbohydrates.

• True

• False

​ (a)   carries nutrients and oxygen throughout the body.

• Water
• Carbohydrate
• Protein
• Fats
• Vitamin
• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

MATCH the following function to each nutrient.

• Water

• Carries nutrients & oxygen throughout the body

• Protein

• Contribute to water balance, metabolism, & nerve & muscle work

• Mineral

• Insulate against cold & protect internal organs

• Fat

• Provide the body's most important source of energy

• Carbohydrate

• Make skin, muscle, & bone and repair damaged tissue

There is two types of carbohydrate. One is ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   . ​ ​ (c)   are sugars like candy, cake or cookies.

• simple
• complex
• Simple carbohydrate
• complex carbohydrate

CHECK OFF: Which of the following are the types of fats?

• Fiberous fat

• Trans Fat

• Complex Fat

• Saturated fat

DROP DOWN: When drinking milk, someone gets ​ (a)   into their diet. This is an example of ​ (b)   .

• calcium
• minerals
• fiber
• carbohydrate
• vitamin c
• vitamin

TRUE/FALSE: To have more protein in the meal, someone would add more slices of bacon or turkey into the scrambled eggs.

• True

• False