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Worksheet 7.1
Testing foods for sugar
Two students tested some foods to find out if they contain sugar.
This is how they did the test.

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Here are some of their results and conclusions.

Food Colour of Benedict’s solution Conclusion

after heating with the food

boiled rice green contains a small amount of sugar

cow’s milk orange-red contains a lot of sugar

fish blue contains no sugar

chicken blue

dates orange-red

1 Why is it better to heat the test tube in a water bath, rather than holding it directly over a burner?

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2 Complete the results table.
3 Use the results and conclusions to complete these sentences.

To test a food for sugar, add ___________________ solution to it.

The colour of this solution is ___________________.

Then heat the mixture to ___________________°C.

If there is a lot of sugar in the food, the colour of the solution changes to ___________________.

If there is a small amount of sugar in the food, the colour of the solution

changes to ___________________.
4 Marcus says that we get all our carbohydrates by eating food from plants.
Is he correct? Use the results to explain your answer.

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Worksheet 7.1
Testing foods for sugar
Additional notes for question 4
Remember that sugar is a carbohydrate.
Which foods contained sugar?

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Which of these foods come from plants?

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Which of these foods come from animals?

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Worksheet 7.2A
My diet today
Fill in the table to record what you eat and drink today.
Tick the boxes to show which nutrients you think each food contains.
If you are not sure, you can find out about the food on the internet.

Time of Food eaten Protein Fat Carbohydrate

day

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Worksheet 7.2B
My diet today
Fill in the table to record what you eat and drink today.
Tick the boxes to show which nutrients you think each food contains.
If you are not sure, you can find out about the food on the internet.
Put one tick for a small quantity, two ticks for a medium quantity and three ticks if you think
there was a lot of that particular nutrient in the food.

Time of Food eaten Protein Fat Carbohydrate

day

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Worksheet 7.2C
My diet today
Fill in the table to record what you eat and drink today.
Tick the boxes to show which nutrients you think each food contains.
If you are not sure, you can find out about the food on the internet.
Put one tick for a small quantity, two ticks for a medium quantity and three ticks if you think
there was a lot of that particular nutrient in the food.

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Time Food eaten Protein Fat Carbo- Vitamin Mineral

hydrate
A C D iron calcium

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Worksheet 7.3A
Does caffeine affect birthweight?
Coffee and some fizzy drinks contain caffeine.
Some scientists tested this hypothesis:

Drinking caffeine during pregnancy decreases the birthweight of the baby.

A large number of pregnant women recorded how much caffeine they drank each day while
they were pregnant.
The mass of each of their babies was measured immediately after birth, and the mean for each group of
women was calculated.
The table shows the results.

Caffeine intake per day in mg Mean birthweight of baby in g

0–99 3660

100–299 3660

300–499 3590

500 or more 3690

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1 Complete the bar chart to display these results.

2 Do the results support the scientists’ hypothesis?

Explain your answer.

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Worksheet 7.3B
Does caffeine affect birthweight?
Coffee and some fizzy drinks contain caffeine.
Some scientists tested this hypothesis:

Drinking caffeine during pregnancy decreases the birthweight of the baby.

A large number of pregnant women recorded how much caffeine they drank each day while
they were pregnant.
The mass of each of their babies was measured immediately after birth, and the mean for each group of
women was calculated.
The table shows the results.

Caffeine intake per day in mg Mean birthweight of baby in g

0–99 3660

100–w99 3660

300–499 3590

500 or more 3690

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1 Complete the bar chart to display these results.

2 Do the results support the scientists’ hypothesis?

Explain your answer.

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Worksheet 7.3C
Does caffeine affect birthweight?
Coffee and some fizzy drinks contain caffeine.
Some scientists tested this hypothesis:

Drinking caffeine during pregnancy decreases the birthweight of the baby.

1037 pregnant women completed a questionnaire to record how much coffee they drank
each day while they were pregnant.
The mass of each of their babies was measured immediately after birth, and the mean for each group of
women was calculated.
The table shows the results.

Caffeine intake per day in mg Mean birthweight of baby in g

0 to 99 3660

100 to 299 3660

300 to 499 3590

500 or more 3690

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1 Draw a bar chart to display these results.

2 Do the results support the scientists’ hypothesis?

Use figures from the table to explain your answer.

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3 Suggest two ways in which the researchers could improve their investigation.
First improvement:

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Why this would be better:

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Second improvement:

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Why this would be better:

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