SCIENCE P6

HOMEWORK 3.2

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Meet the Calorie

All foods have calories and different foods have different amount of calories. A calorie is the
amount of energy, or heat, it takes to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius.
Calories are provided by fat, carbohydrate and protein. The number of calories in a food is a
measure of how much potential energy that food possesses.
Your body uses calories as energy. Energy is what fuels our body in the same way that
gasoline fuels a car. Human beings need energy to survive – to breathe, move, pump blood – and
they acquire this energy from food.

Instruction: Recall the food you ate yesterday for breakfast, lunch and dinnerr. Write this in the table
below. Using the given chart, analyze whether you have taken a balanced diet or not.

MEAL FOODS EATEN Number of calories

BREAKFAST

LUNCH

dinner
Questions:

1. What did you find most surprising about the number of calories in the foods eaten?

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2. What is balanced diet?

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3. How can the information above help you make nutritious food choices?

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