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BRIGHT RIDERS SCHOOL

ABU DHABI
WORKSHEET
GRADE: VI SUB: SCIENCE
Chapter: Components of Food
*Level 1
Fill in the blanks.
1. vitamin d
Rickets is caused due to the deficiency of_____________.
2. roughage
Dietary fibre is also known as_______________.
3. Goitre is caused due to lack of ________________.
IODINE
4. When the body does not get sufficient nutrition, it is said to be suffering
from________________.
malnutrion

*Level II
I. Match the following
Column A Column B
a) Vitamin A i. Good solvent for nutrients
b) Protective nutrient ii. Night blindness
c) Energy yielding nutrient iii. Get rid of waste products of our
body
d) Iron deficiency iv. Anaemia
e) Roughage v. Vitamin D
f) Sunlight vi. Minerals
g) Fats vii. Carbohydrates
h) Water viii. Gives energy to body

Q/A
1.What should be the main component of diet for people mentioned below
a) A laborer who works in a construction site carbohydrate

b) A child who is studying in grade 3 protein

2. What are the consequences of following situations?

a) Eating too much of fatty foods obesity
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b) Not burning carbohydrates in your body health issues such as heart diseases, cholesterol

3. What are the advantages of including seafood in your diet? will get rid of goitre

4. What is the effect of protein deficiency on the health of children?

*Level III
5. ‘Water does not provide nutrients, yet it is an important component of
food.’ Explain? match the following has the answer for that
6. Sita was having difficulty in seeing things in dim light. The doctor tested
her eyesight and prescribed a particular vitamin supplement. He also advised
her to include a few food items in her diet.
(a) Which deficiency disease is he suffering from? night blindness
(b) Which food component may be lacking in his diet? vitamin

(c) Suggest some food items that he should include in his diet. carrot, spinach etc

7. Which is more nutritious – boiled potato or fried potato? Why? boiled, cause it has more
starch.
8. Sonam while helping her mother in kitchen work saw that her mother cut
the vegetables and then washed them. On seeing that she immediately stopped
her mother and told her that one should always wash vegetables prior to
cutting. Because washing vegetables after they had been cut leads to nutrients
loss.
(a)What are the different types of nutrients found in food?
(b)On washing cut vegetables which kind of nutrients are lost?

CARBOHYDRATE, FAT, PROTEIN, VITAMIN AND MINERAL

VITAMIN