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WorksheetsFruits & Vegetables (Vitamins, Minerals & Water)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Vitamin C helps to form _____ which holds the cells together and aids in healing.
Scurvy
Collagen
Proteins
Muscle Tissues
Folate helps prevent neural tube birth disorders, such as ______.
Scoliosis
Tonsillitis
Spina bifida
Hemophilia
What is the function of Vitamin A?
Manufactured by the body with exposure to sunlight. Works with the body to build and maintain healthy bones and teeth; usually added to milk products. It is also called the “Sunshine Vitamin.”
Helps blood to clot.
Enhances hair, skin and helps prevent night blindness. Sources: red, orange and dark green vegetables.
Protects membranes of white and red blood cells.
What is the function of Vitamin D?
Manufactured by the body with exposure to sunlight. Works with the body to build and maintain healthy bones and teeth; usually added to milk products. It is also called the “Sunshine Vitamin.”
Helps blood to clot.
Enhances hair, skin and helps prevent night blindness. Sources: red, orange and dark green vegetables.
Protects membranes of white and red blood cells.
What is the function of Vitamin E?
Manufactured by the body with exposure to sunlight. Works with the body to build and maintain healthy bones and teeth; usually added to milk products. It is also called the “Sunshine Vitamin.”
Helps blood to clot.
Enhances hair, skin and helps prevent night blindness. Sources: red, orange and dark green vegetables.
Protects membranes of white and red blood cells.
What is the function of Vitamin K?
Manufactured by the body with exposure to sunlight. Works with the body to build and maintain healthy bones and teeth; usually added to milk products. It is also called the “Sunshine Vitamin.”
Helps blood to clot.
Enhances hair, skin and helps prevent night blindness. Sources: red, orange and dark green vegetables.
Protects membranes of white and red blood cells.
Calcium _______ causes osteoporosis which causes bones to gradually lose their minerals.
Weakness
Toxicity
Efficiency
Deficiency
Iron deficiency causes ______, or low red blood cell formation.
Anemia
Toxicity
Osteoporosis
Cancer
___________ help maintain the fluid balance in the body, help maintain the heartbeat and help muscle and nerve action.
Dehydration
Electrolytes
Protein
Potassium
What is NOT a function of water?
Carries water soluble vitamins.
Regulates body temperature through perspiration.
Causes dehydration.
Carries waste through the body.
True or False: Water is the most important of all essential nutrients.
True
False
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For short duration exercise (<60 minutes) water is a good choice to drink before, during and (a) exercise.
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For moderate to high intensity activities lasting longer than 60 (a) , sports drinks will replace carbohydrate loss and electrolyte balance.
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Drink according to thirst during the (a) and include fluids with meals.
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Drink 8-20 oz. of water a(n) (a) before exercise.
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Continue drinking (a) exercise, up to 16-24 oz. of fluid per hour (4-6 oz. every 15 minutes).
Vegetables carry no _______ and are low in calories, fat and sodium.
Cholesterol
Sugar
Carbohydrates
Vitamins
Which is NOT an example of a drupe?
Peach
Apple
Nectarine
Plum
What is NOT a melon?
Cantaloupe
Honeydew
Casaba
Jackfruit
What type of vegetable stores a plant’s food supply in its roots and sends nutrients and moisture to the rest of the plant?
Tubers
Stems
Roots
Leaves
True or False: Wash fruits and vegetables as soon as you return from the grocery store.
True
False
True or False: Sprinkle lemon juice on fruits to prevent enzymatic browning.
True
False
True or False: Dark-green vegetables is a vegetable subgroup.
True
False
___________ is a fruit that has a core with seeds and grows on trees.
Apple
Orange
Banana
Pineapple
What is the strictest form of vegetarianism called?
Pescatarian
Vegan
Pollotarian
Octo-vegetarian
