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components of food

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following components give us energy?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

minerals

c)

fats

d)

vitamins

e)

proteins

2.

Which of the following causes lack of vitamins and minerals ?

a)

deficiency disease

b)

rickets

c)

goitre

d)

none of these

3.

__________ disease caused by lack of iron?

a)

Goitre

b)

Rickets in children

c)

Anaemia

d)

Beriberi

4.

What is PEM

(a)  

5.

Which of the following causes lack of proteins ?

a)

kwashiorkor

b)

marasmus

c)

night blindness

6.

 

__________ disease caused by lack of magnesium?

a)

goitre

b)

anaemia

c)

body and muscles weakness

d)

weak muscles and nerves

7.

how can we prevent goitre?

a)

by eating sea food

b)

by eating green leafy vegetables

c)

by eating iodized salt

d)

both a and c

8.

in the olden times which disease was caused to sailors?

a)

night blindness

b)

goitre

c)

anaemia

d)

scurvy

9.

how can scurvy prevented?

a)

by eating citrus fruits

b)

by eating vegetables

c)

by eating fruits

10.

how can rickets prevented?

a)

by getting sunlight

b)

by eating and drinking fish , eggs and milk

c)

by eating vegetables

d)

by eating fruits