Life & Living: Food Groups

Question 1

Name the 4 food groups. (4)

Answer 1

Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats and Oils
Vitamins and Minerals

Question 2

There are 7 life processes of living things. Every Living thing needs energy to carry out these processes. What are they? (7)

Answer 2

To Feed
Breathe
Move
Grow
Excrete
Sense 
Reproduce

Question 3

What are the substances in food that keep your body healthy? (1)

Answer 3

Nutrients

Question 4

What is a diet? (1)

Answer 4

The DIFFERENT FOODS a person or animal EATS EVERY DAY

Question 5

Which food type gives energy to living organisms? (1)

Answer 5

Carbohydrates

Question 6

Which food type is needed for growth and repair of the body? (1)

Answer 6

Protein

Question 7

Which food type is needed to keep our bodies working well? (1)

Answer 7

Vitamins and Minerals

Question 8

Which food type supplies large amounts of energy ? (1)

Answer 8

Fats and Oils

Question 9

What is an immune system? (2)

Answer 9

A system in the body that protects the body from GERMS and DISEASE.

Question 10

Saturated fats come mainly from? (1)

Answer 10

Animal food products.

Question 11

Another name for sodium is? (1)

Answer 11

Salt

Question 12

What is processed food? (2)

Answer 12

food is MADE and CHANGED from how it is found in nature.

Question 13

Name 2 types of saturated fat. (2)

Answer 13

Red meat, Butter

Question 14

Are saturated fats a healthy or non-health fat? (1)

Answer 14

It is a NON-HEALTHY fat

Question 15

Carbohydrates provides all the energy you body needs for growth and _________________? (1)

Answer 15

MOVEMENT

Question 16

What are the 2 main carbohydrates that we eat? (2)

Answer 16

SUGAR and STARCH

Question 17

Sugar gives our bodies ________ energy. (1)

Answer 17

Quick

Question 18

Too much sugar gets stored as _______ in our bodies. (1)

Answer 18

Fat

Question 19

Sugar is found naturally in __________ and unnaturally in products like ____________. (2)

Answer 19

Fruit

Jam or cool drink

Question 20

Starch gives our bodies _______ energy. (1)

Answer 20

Slow

Question 21

Starch is found in foods such as maize meal, ___________ and _________. (2)

Answer 21

Potatoes

Rice

Question 22

Green plants make food in the form of starch through which process? (1)

Answer 22

Photosynthesis

Question 23

Give a reason why bread contains starch? (1)

Answer 23

Bread is made from FLOUR which is a starch.

Question 24

Proteins help your ___________ system fight off infection. (1)

Answer 24

IMMUNE system

Question 25

Protein makes up part of _________ blood cells, which are responsible for carrying ___________ from the lungs to the rest of your body. (2)

Answer 25

RED | OXYGEN

Question 26

We get protein from foods such as? (3)

Answer 26

``` Red meat Fish Eggs Nuts Beans ```

Question 27

Protein gives the body ______________ and is very important for ______________ growth.(2)

Answer 27

Strength | Muscle

Question 28

Which foods contain health oils and fats? (3)

Answer 28

Nuts Avocado Sunflower Sardines (Fish)

Question 29

Oils are _________ fats made from plants and fish. (1)

Answer 29

Liquid

Question 30

``` Which of the flowing contain saturated fats. Boiled rice Hamburger Patty Fried chips Yellow cheese Carrots slice? (3) ```

Answer 30

Hamburger Patty Fried chips Yellow cheese

Question 31

The _____________ system fights germs and stops us from getting sick. (1)

Answer 31

Immune

Question 32

Which food group works with carbohydrates, proteins and fats to help our bodies grow and develop normally? (1)

Answer 32

VITAMINS and MINERALS

Question 33

Which vitamin helps you to see at night, fight infections and can be found in carrots, pumpkin butter and liver? (1)

Answer 33

Vitamin A

Question 34

Vitamin B helps make energy, protein and red blood cells. in which foods can it be found? (4)

Answer 34

Cereal, brown rice, meat, vegetables

Question 35

Oranges and guavas contain which vitamin and what is it function? (2)

Answer 35

Vitamin C | Helps fight infections

Question 36

Vitamin D helps to make our bones strong. It can be found margarine, eggs and ______________? (1)

Answer 36

Sunlight

Question 37

Which vitamin in found in spinach and green leafy vegetables and protects the skin? (1)

Answer 37

Vitamin E

Question 38

Which vitamin in found in spinach and dark green vegetables and stops bleeding? (1)

Answer 38

Vitamin K

Question 39

Which mineral makes teeth and bones strong and can be found in dairy foods and green leafy vegetables? (1)

Answer 39

Calcium

Question 40

Name 3 dairy foods. (3)

Answer 40

Cheese Yoghurt Milk

Question 41

Which mineral makes red blood cells carry oxygen around the body giving you energy? (1)

Answer 41

Iron

Question 42

Red meat, liver and beans contain which mineral? (1)

Answer 42

Iron

Question 43

Which mineral is found in meat, fish, and poultry that helps you to grow? (1)

Answer 43

Sink

Question 44

What is poultry? (1)

Answer 44

Chicken and other birds

Question 45

In which food group does a banana belong and why? (3)

Answer 45

It belongs in CARBOHYDRATES as it contains STARCH which is a SLOW energy

Question 46

To know the what the nutritional value of food are on packages, tins and containers we have to look at the? (1)

Answer 46

Nutrition Fact Label

Question 47

When reading a nutrition fact label, what do the calories inform us about? (2)

Answer 47

Calories tell us how much ENERGY you get from ONE SERVING of food.

Question 48

If we do not use the calories (energy) it gets stored up in our bodies as? (1)

Answer 48

Fat

Question 49

What do the letter DV mean on a nutrition fact label? (1)

Answer 49

Daily Value

Question 50

Give a reason why it is important to read a food label. (1)

Answer 50

To make SMART decisions and eat Heathy foods.

Question 51

Nutrients that keep the body warm and supply energy are known as? (1)

Answer 51

Fats

Question 52

Illness that stops the body from working properly is known as? (1)

Answer 52

Disease

Question 53

Nutrients that provide energy are known as? (1)

Answer 53

Carbohydrates

Question 54

Nutrients that build and repair the body are known as? (1)

Answer 54

Proteins

Question 55

Food eaten daily is known as a? (1)

Answer 55

Diet