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Science Worksheet

Topic: Components of Food


Name:
Grade: 6 Sec:
Date:
Teacher’s Signature:

A. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Tick the correct answer and fill in the blank.
1. In which vitamin would your body be most deficient if you do not eat fresh
fruits and green vegetables ?
(a) Vitamin A (b) VitaminB (c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin D
2. Which of the following is a good source of Vitamin C ?

(a) (b) (c)


3. Iron is an example of .
(a) mineral (b) carbohydrates (c) vitamins (d) proteins
4. We should drink about litres of water everyday.
(a) 2-3 (b) 3-4 (c) 4-5 (d) 1-15
5. Excessive loss of water from the body tissues is called .
(a) hydration (b) dehydration (c) deficiency (d) evaporation
6. Which of the following give energy ?
(a) fats (b) vitamins (c) roughage (d) proteins
7. The body fat is increased due to deposition of excess .
(a) carbohydrates (b) proteins (c) fats (d) vitamins
8. Spongy and bleeding gums are symptoms of .
(a) Beri-beri (b) Scurvy (c) Rickets (d) Night blindness
9. The deficiency of Vitamin D leads to .
(a) Rickets (b) Goitre (c) Tooth decay (d) Beri-beri

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10.A doctor suggests Ritu to take green vegetables, tomato, guava, amla and
citrus fruits in her diet. Which of the following symptoms have been observed by
the doctor in her ?
(a) Eye-sight problems (b) Soft bones
(c) Stunted growth (d) Loose teeth and bleeding gums
B. Name any two -
(i) Food rich in carbohydrates

(ii)Food rich in proteins

(iii)Food rich in iron

(iv)Food rich in calcium

(v)Sources of roughage

C. Fill in the blanks.


i. and fats mainly provide energy to our body.
ii.A can prevent deficiency disease.
iii.Too much fat in the diet may lead to .
iv. helps our body to absorb nutrients from food.
v. gets easily destroyed by heat during cooking.
vi. helps in clotting of blood.
vii.Deficiency of Vitamin D causes .
viii. Deficiency of vitamin-C causes .
ix. makes up about 70% of our body weight.
x. Cooking in too much water destroys in food.
xi. is important for proper functioning of the digestive
system.
xii.Spinach is rich in .

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D. Answer the following questions.
1. Ramya prepared lady fingers that taste yummy. She washed the lady finger
after she cut them in small pieces and then fried them in excess oil with lots of
spices to make it crunchy and tasty. Was her method of cooking correct?

2. A child has stunted growth, swelling on face, discoloration of hair and skin
disease. He was advised to eat protein rich diet. Name the disease child is
suffering from?

3. Write the steps to test the presence of protein in a food item.

4. How anemia can be cured?

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5. What are deficiency diseases? Write four deficiency diseases and the associated
nutrients.

6. A plate full of colorful food items is a healthy plate? Comment

7. Junk foods taste good but are not healthy and nutritious foods are healthy but
not always taste good. Comment

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8. Identify the disease a person is suffering from?

a. Write the symptoms of the disease.

b. Suggest what kind of diet should be taken to avoid such disease.

9. Why should we drink 6-8 glasses of water every day even when water does not
provide any energy?

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10.Why sunlight is important for our health?

11.(a) What do you call the disease caused due to lack of vitamins and minerals.

(b)Write two examples.

(c) Name the type of vitamin that we get from sunlight.

(d)Name two sources of food rich in dietary fibers, and write their functions.

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