Worksheets8A Food and Nutrition
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Someone’s diet is:
what they eat to lose weight
what they eat
the amount of money they owe
measured in kilograms (kg)
A nutrient found in many foods is:
carbohydrate
energy
potato
carbon dioxide
Water is important for your body because:
it is a source of fibre
it is a source of energy
it can be a solid, a liquid or a gas
it can dissolve substances
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
Good sources of protein are:
meat, fish and nuts
fruits and vegetables
pasta, potatoes and rice
fruit juices
Proteins are mainly used in the body for:
energy
growth and repair
digestion
strong bones
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
The table shows Reference Intakes for
11 year olds. Which nutrient do girls need more of than boys?
vitamin C
iron
energy
carbohydrate
Which of these problems cannot be caused by eating too much sugar?
malnutrition
obesity
tooth decay
starvation
The drawing shows a girl suffering from a deficiency disease. This disease is called:
rickets
arthritis
scurvy
measles
Which organ is labelled X in the drawing?
small intestine
stomach
liver
mouth
What does the organ labelled X do?
It mixes up food with acid and breaks down proteins
It adds vitamins to the food
It takes the water out of the food
It stores waste food until it can be got rid of
In digestion:
soluble food substances are made into insoluble ones so that they can be taken in by the small intestine
insoluble food substances are broken up into soluble ones so that they can be taken in by the small intestine
soluble food substances are made into insoluble ones so that they can be stored inside the body until needed
insoluble food substances are broken up into soluble ones so that they can form waste
The main chemical substances used to digest foods are:
vitamins
bacteria
digestifs
enzymes
Starch is broken down into smaller molecules called:
salts
proteins
sugars
amino acids
Which label shows the place where digested food passes into the blood?
A
B
C
D
Digested food mainly passes into the blood by the process of:
diffusion
diffraction
digestion
dilution
Diffusion is speeded up because the part of the body where it occurs:
has a much higher temperature than the rest of the body
has a very large surface area
contains blood
contains faeces
