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WorksheetsAbsolute Genius - Elsie Widdowson
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was Elsie Widdowson’s genius idea?
Developing the first vitamin supplements
Creating the wartime rationing diet
Inventing the food pyramid
Designing the first balanced diet chart
The science of food is called:
Gastronomy
Nutrition
Culinology
Food Science
Scientists find out how much energy there is in food by:
looking at it
burning it
eating it
feeding it to rats
The energy from food that we don’t use up is:
stored as fat
excreted as waste
converted to muscle
lost as heat
Cyclists sometimes eat ______ during a road race.
bananas
chocolate
jam sandwiches
pasta
What is Arsenal footballers’ favourite treat?
Banoffee pie
Ice Cream
Pizza
Chocolate
a) What gas does our bodies use up to release energy from food? b) What waste gas is produced?
a) Oxygen, b) Carbon Dioxide
a) Nitrogen, b) Oxygen
a) Carbon Dioxide, b) Oxygen
a) Hydrogen, b) Nitrogen
Soldiers might need 4000 calories a day because:
they are engaged in intense physical activities.
they have a high metabolism rate.
they need to maintain their body weight.
they are in a cold environment.
The unit that scientists today use, instead of calories, for measuring energy is:
Joules
Watts
Volts
Amperes
What do you think about using mealworms as a source of food?
