The City School

Academic Year 2020-21

Class 8
Subject: Science
Topic: Food and Digestion
Worksheet # 06-a

Student’s Name: ___________________ Date: ___________

Lesson Objectives: To explain why organisms need food, to explain why it is important to eat a
healthy diet, to identify foods rich in particular nutrients.

Kindly refer to the textbook (ILSS Book 3); pg-1 & 2 for solving the questions below:

Q1: Suggest why do we need to eat food?

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Q2. Define a nutrient.

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Q3. Enlist the different types of nutrients present in foods, giving at least 2 examples of food
for each nutrient.
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Q4. The food chart below shows nutritional guidelines for a person.

a: Identify the nutrient/s for each food group.

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b: Suggest at least 2 reasons why this person has been advised to follow this diet plan.
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