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WorksheetsScience Quiz on Nutrition and adaptation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which among the following does NOT keep our body healthy?
Balanced diet
Eating the same food for all meals in a day
Vegetable and fruit salad
Regular exercise
The lack of vitamin A in our body causes the disease, ____________
Scurvy
Beri beri
Night blindness
Anaemia
On a hot day, a construction worker sweats a lot. He should drink enough water, or he may suffer from ____________.
Night blindness
Marasmus
Dehydration
Kwashiorkor
Carrots, oranges and grapes are rich sources of _____________________.
Fats
Calcium
Vitamins
Proteins
Food that has harmful germs growing in it is known as ________________.
Balanced food
Contaminated food
Tasty food
None of the above
________ is the mineral in milk that helps build strong bones and prevents osteoporosis.
Calcium
Sodium
Iron
phasphate
People who are prone to cold and cough should consume food rich in _________.
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Vitamin B
Enlarged and weak bones are the symptom of ________, caused due to deficiency of __________.
(a)
Food that is cooked outside can be unclean or stale. This allows (a) to grow on the food.
Scurvy is caused by the deficiency of (a) .
Which of the following animals have long eyelashes to keep the sun out of their eye?
(a) Reindeer
(b) Walrus
(c) Camel
(d) Chipmunk
Which of the following animals have the adaptations -?
1) Has fur under its feet to protect from the hot sand 2) Its ears are large, and they can hear insects and other
animals moving underground.
(a) Camel
(b) Fennec fox
(c) Meerkat
(d) Polar bear
The spine-like leaves of cacti
(a) Help to prevent water loss
(b) Help store water
(c) Help to float in water
(d) Help to get warmth from the sun
Which of the following is not true about polar bears?
(a) They have a thick layer of fur that keeps them warm
(b) They have a thick layer of fat under the skin
(c) They have tiny narrow paws that help them walk on the snow
(d) They use their feet for swimming underwater
The crocodiles and alligators have paddle-shaped tails
(a) To swim in cold water
(b) To swim in thick, muddy swamp water
(c) To balance on the tree
(d) To crawl in deserts
Water hyacinth is a floating freshwater plant. Which of the following statement is true?
(a) There is a waxy coating on the leaves that don’t allow them to sink
(b) The leaves have many pores on the upper surface of their leaves that allow air exchange.
(c) The stems are hollow with lots of air that help them to float
(d) All the above
The camels have raised bumps called hump where it stores the food as fat. (a)
The ghost plant resembles stones which keeps away animals that may eat it. (a)
Lichens and Mosses have a waxy coating on the leaves. (a)
Spider monkeys that live on the trees in rainforests have long tails, arms and legs that help them adapt
to the rainforest. (a)
