BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES:VITAMINS

Question 1

What is calcium for?

Answer 1

Making healthy bones and teeth,Muscle contraction

Question 2

Where can you get calcium from?

Answer 2

Milk,dairy products(fish veg)

Question 3

Why is iron needed?

Answer 3

needed to make haemoglobin(pigment in red blood cells that transports 02)

Question 4

Where are some iron rich foods?

Answer 4

red meat, spinach

Question 5

What happens if your calcium deficient?

Answer 5

weak bones and teeth, poor clotting of the blood and muscle spasms.

+osteoporosis later in life

Question 6

What happens if your iron deficient?

Answer 6

ANEMIA: tired and weak because BLOOD does not transport enough oxygen.

Question 7

Vitamin A

Answer 7

Needed for vision, (needed to make a light sensitive chemical in the retina)

Deficiency =night blindness
Carrots,fish, egg

Question 8

Vitamin C

Answer 8

Healing skin,preventing colds

Deficiency =SCURVY(wounds don’t heal,gum damage)

Citrus fruit, green vegetables

Question 9

Vitamin D

Answer 9

Helps body absorb calcium, required for strong teeth and bones
Deficiency =RICKETS(bone deficiency)
Milk and sunshine

Question 10

What is water needed for?

Answer 10

needed for chemical reactions to take place in cells
Deficiency dehydration (symptoms dark urine,headaches)

Question 11

What is dietary fibre for?

Answer 11

Provides roughage for the intestine to push food through the intestine
and waste material out of the body