PRACTICE WORKSHEET

Name :_________________________________________ Roll No. : ________

Class : ________________ Date : ________

COMPONENTS OF FOOD
1. Fill in the blanks:

a) Energy giving foods are………………………… and……………………………..

b) ………………………… are body building foods.

c) Protective foods are ……………………and …………………………

d) Pulses are a rich source of ……………………… .

e) Dietary fibre helps in proper functioning of the …………………… system.

f) Overeating causes a disease called ………………….

2. Tick the correct option in the following:

1. Which of the following is an important part of a balanced diet?

a) Vitamins b) Fats c) Water d) All of these

2. Pooja has a cup of rice, two chappatis, two vegetable curries and ghee in her plate of
meals. What is missing in her diet?

a) Fats b) Proteins c) Vitamins d) Oils

3. Beans, peas, pulses, and meat together come under the group:

a) Fats b) Vitamins c) Proteins d) Carbohydrates

4. Which of the following activities help our body to produce vitamin D?

a) swimming in the sea b) standing in the sun

c) practicing yoga d) jogging and exercising

5. Hemant added a few drops of a liquid on a slice of potato, upon which the area covered
by the liquid turned blue black in colour. What could be the liquid?

a) dilute iodine solution b) benedict’s solution c) pure water d) vegetable oil

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3. Match the nutrient in column A with the deficiency disease in column B:
A B
a) proteins goitre
b) Vitamin C Beriberi
c) Vitamin D Kwashiorkar
d) Iron loss of vision
e) Iodine scurvy
f) Vitamin B rickets
g) Vitamin A anaemia
malaria
diarrohea

4. Answer the following questions briefly:

a) How is roughage important to us?

b) Why should we drink 6-8 glasses of water every day when water does not
provide any energy?

c) What is balanced diet?

d) What are the golden rules for remaining healthy?

e) Explain the importance of proteins for the body.

5. Answer the following questions:

i) What do you understand by deficiency diseases? Give any two examples.

ii) Name the two types of vitamins and write one line about each.

iii) What is malnutrition?

iv) What is kwashiorkor? Give its symptoms.

v) What are the causes of obesity?

vi) How can we retain the nutritive value of food?

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6. a) LAB ACTIVITY 1-To test the presence of starch in the given food item.

b) LAB ACTIVITY-2- To test the presence of protein in the given food item.

c) LAB ACTIVITY-3- To test the presence of fat in the given food item.

7. Study the food pyramid carefully and make one for yourself in the space provided:

MY FOOD PYRAMID

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8. Give reasons:
a) Glucose is called a source of instant energy.

b) Vitamins are necessary in our food.

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9. Four food items P, Q, R and S were taken and tested with four reagents and
results noted are shown in the table given below. If the food item showed a
change, YES is written below it. Study the table and answer the questions
that follow.

Reagent Change P Q R S

Copper Purple or YES - - -

sulphate+Caustic violet color
soda sol formed
Benedict’s Red - YES - -
solution(heat) precipitate
formed
Iodine solution Blue black - - YES -
color formed
Thin paper Patch - - --- YES
becomes
translucent
a) What could be the food items P, Q, R and S?
b) Place the food items given below under P,Q, R and S based on their reaction with the
above reagents, in the table given below.

Glucose solution, butter, potato, crushed apple, bread,

oil, dal, raw egg white

Q.10 Observe the activity and answer the following questions:

millon's
boiled reagent
pulse

A
B Colour of the pulse
changes
C

i) What colour change will you observe in figure after adding the given solution?

ii) Which nutrient is tested here? Name it.

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