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

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4. How anemia can be cured?

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5. What are deficiency diseases? Write four deficiency diseases and the associated nutrients.
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6. A plate full of colorful food items is a healthy plate? Comment

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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?

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a. Write the symptoms of the disease.

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

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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?
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11. (a) What do you call the disease caused due to lack of vitamins and minerals.
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(b) Write two examples.

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

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