Nutrition

Question 1

What is a balanced diet

Answer 1

A diet that contains a correct amount of each nutrient.

Question 2

Nutrients from food are

Answer 2

Carbohydrates, fat, vitamin, water, minerals

Question 3

What are nutrients

Answer 3

They are essential substances that the body needs.

Question 4

What does carbohydrates provide

Answer 4

Energy

Question 5

Fats/lipids provide

Answer 5

Energy

Question 6

Protein are used for

Answer 6

Growth and repair

Question 7

Vitamins keep you

Answer 7

Healthy

Question 8

Minerals keep you

Answer 8

Healthy

Question 9

Water is needed for

Answer 9

Cells and body fluids

Question 10

Fibre provides ——— to food to keep it moving through the ———

Answer 10

Bulk, gut

Question 11

Malnourishment means

Answer 11

Not eating the right amount of nutrients

Question 12

What is deficiency?

Answer 12

A lack or shortage of something

Question 13

You have anaemia if you lack

Answer 13

Iron

Question 14

You have osteoporosis if you lack

Answer 14

Calcium

Question 15

You have kwashiorkor if you lack

Answer 15

Protein

Question 16

You have scurvy if you lack

Answer 16

Vitamin C

Question 17

You lack rickets if you lack

Answer 17

Vitamin D

Question 18

What is the organs in the digestive system

Answer 18

Stomach

Question 19

What does absorb mean

Answer 19

To take in

Question 20

Name organs in the digestive system

Answer 20

Mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus

Question 21

What is the organs in food passes after the stomach?

Answer 21

Oesophagus

Question 22

What is the digestive system

Answer 22

A group of organs working together to plump blood around the body

Question 23

Is food mixed with digestive juices and acids in the stomach ?

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

What is adaptations

Answer 24

Having a characteristic to make something suited to it’s environment function

Question 25

Does digestion break small food molecules into larger food molecules so that they can absorb into the blood ?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

Does the small intestine absorb nutrients?

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

Does the stomach mix food with digestive juice?

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

What is the function of the liver

Answer 28

It is to make bile

Question 29

The 7 nutrients needed for humans are

Answer 29

Carbohydrate,protein ,fat ,vitamins,water and fibre

Question 30

The enzyme that break down starch is

Answer 30

Amylase

Question 31

The enzyme that break down protein is

Answer 31

Protease

Question 32

A food that is a good source of protein is

Answer 32

Beans

Question 33

The organ that absorbs nutrients into the blood is

Answer 33

Small intestine

Question 34

An adaptation of the small intestine is

Answer 34

They have good blood supply, thin wall

Question 35

What are the atomic particles found in an atom

Answer 35

Electrons, neutrons and protons