WorksheetsCK-12: Food & Nutrients
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
1. When the body is not getting enough nutrients to grow and stay healthy, that is called what?
Being hungry
Nutrients
Malnutrition
Diet
2. Which is not a reason your body needs food?
To get substances that help control your body.
To obtain energy
To help you sleep better
To get building blocks for your body
3. Which of the following are types of nutrients?
Vitamins and Minerals
Lipids and Fats
Carbohydrates and Sugars
Proteins and Amino acids
All of the above.
4. Animals get nutrition by eating plants and/or other animals.
True
False
5. Heterotrophs have the ability to produce their own food.
True
False
6. Humans are
autotrophic
heterotrophic
both autotrophic and heterotrophic
neither autotrophic nor heterotrophic
7. The following are types of heterotrophs except for
dog
tree
mushroom
tapeworm
8. Photosynthesis provides us with the carbon dioxide we need to breathe.
True
False
9.Heterotrophic Nutrition can be classified as all of the following except what?
Saprophytic
Photosynthetic
Holozoic
Parasitic
10. The Alimentary canal is specifically adapted for digestion and absorption of food that extends from the mouth to the stomach.
True
False
