Complete the following questions

Q1.
(a) Green beans contain vitamin C.

Which other food is a good source of vitamin C?

Tick the correct box.

cheese chicken eggs oranges

1 mark

(b) The amount of vitamin C changes in the beans and in the water as the beans are cooked.
The shading shows how it changes.

Use the diagram. How does the amount of vitamin C in the beans and in the water
change as the beans are cooked? Tick one box in each row.

amount of
increases decreases stays the same
vitamin C

in the beans

in the water
1 mark
(c) Cheese is a source of calcium.

Why do we need calcium?

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1 mark

(d) Draw a line from each nutrient to a good source of that nutrient in our diet.

2 marks

(e) The diagram shows part of the human digestive system.

(i) Write the letter which labels the small intestine.

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1 mark

(ii) Write the letter which labels the stomach.

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1 mark
maximum 7 marks
Q2.
The card shows the amounts of fat and fibre in some types of food and drink from a café.

(a) From the card above, choose a meal consisting of a burger, a drink and some
potato, to give:

(i) the least fat;

1 mark

(ii) the most fibre.

1 mark

Write your answers in the table below.

Food and drink meal with the least fat meal with the most fibre

type of burger

the drinks do not

type of drink
contain fibre

type of potato
 (b) Draw a line from each nutrient to the main reason why it is needed.
Draw only four lines.

nutrient main reason why the nutrient is needed

• to keep the intestine working properly

calcium • • for healthy teeth and bones

fibre • • for insulation

protein • • to provide energy

sugar • • for growth and repair

4 marks
Maximum 6 marks

Q3.
The table shows the mass of water, fat, fibre and vitamin C in 100 g of potato cooked in three
different ways.

water, fat, fibre, vitamin C,

in g in g in g in mg

100 g of chips 57 7 2 9

100 g of boiled,
80 hardly any 1 6
peeled potato

100 g of potato
63 hardly any 3 14
baked in its skin

(a) Use information from the table to help you fill the gaps in the following sentences.

(i) Chips are crisper than boiled potatoes because chips contain less

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1 mark

(ii) Most of the fibre in a baked potato is in the ............................................... of the

potato.
1 mark

(b) Use the information in the table to work out how much vitamin C there is in:

200 g of chips .............. mg;

200 g of potato baked in its skin .............. mg.

1 mark
 (c) People do not always eat a balanced diet.

Draw one line from each fact about a person's diet to the organ it harms.
Draw only three lines.

3 marks
Maximum 6 marks

Q4.

Carbohydrate, fat and protein are three types of nutrient.

(a) Give the names of two other types of nutrient needed for a balanced diet.

1. .................................................................................................................

2. .................................................................................................................
2 marks

A balanced diet contains a variety of foods. Some food groups are shown in the table. They are
labelled A to D.
(b) Which food group contains the highest percentage of the nutrient used by the body for
growth and repair?

Tick the correct box.

1 mark

(c) Fibre is not digested but helps the digestion process.

Which food group contains the most fibre?

Tick the correct box.

1 mark

(d) Use the information in the table to suggest why milk is better for babies than ice-cream.

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1 mark

(e) 100 g of dried coconut has more energy stored in it than an equal mass of dried potato.

Give the reason for this.

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1 mark
Maximum 6 marks