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Indian School Muscat Department of Science

This document is a science revision worksheet for 5th standard students. It contains questions about nutrients, diseases caused by nutrient deficiencies, communicable diseases, balanced diets, vaccinations, and hygiene. The worksheet tests students' knowledge on topics related to food and health, including the key nutrients, common diseases, how diseases spread, disease prevention through vaccination and hygiene, and the importance of a balanced diet.

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Indian School Muscat Department of Science

This document is a science revision worksheet for 5th standard students. It contains questions about nutrients, diseases caused by nutrient deficiencies, communicable diseases, balanced diets, vaccinations, and hygiene. The worksheet tests students' knowledge on topics related to food and health, including the key nutrients, common diseases, how diseases spread, disease prevention through vaccination and hygiene, and the importance of a balanced diet.

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INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE

SUBJECT: SCIENCE Revision Worksheet No: 4


TOPIC : Food and Health STD : V
Coordinating Staff: [Link] Menon
Date of Issue: 30 – 05 - 16

Name of the student: __________________________ Class ___ Sec: _____ Roll No: ____

1) Name the following:

a) The nutrient that provides energy.

b) The nutrient essential for growth.

c) The component that acts as the medium for transport of nutrients in our body.

d) The nutrient that makes you obese when taken excess.

2) Tom looks pale and gets tired easily. He is deficient in which mineral? What is
he suffering from?

3) Name a nutrient present in the following food stuff:

a. b.

c. d.
4) Give one cause for the following diseases

a. Arthritis

b. Cancer

c. Malaria

d. Typhoid

5) Name the diseases caused by the lack of

a. Vitamin D

b. Vitamin C

c. Vitamin B1

d. Vitamin A

6) Name 2 ways by which communicable diseases spread. Name 2 disease causing


microbes.

7) What is a balanced diet?

8) How does vaccination help in preventing certain communicable diseases? At


what age are most vaccines given?

9) What is meant by hygiene? Give any two steps one must follow to maintain
good hygiene.

10) Differentiate between communicable and non communicable diseases. Give 1


example each.

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