Food and nutrition

Worksheet: Food and nutrition

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Answer the questions.

1. Which nutrient gives our bodies most of their energy?
   a) Carbohydratesb) Fibrec) Vitaminsd) Water
2. Which of these foods is rich in carbohydrates?
   a) Chickenb) Eggc) Fishd) Pasta
3. Bread and rice give us energy.
   a) Trueb) False
4. Which nutrient helps our bodies to grow and repair?
   a) Fibreb) Proteinc) Saltd) Sugar
5. Which food is a good source of protein?
   a) Appleb) Beansc) Honeyd) Potatoes
6. Name one food that gives us protein.
7. Why is it good to eat fruit and vegetables every day?
   a) They are made of protein onlyb) They give us the most energyc) They give us vitaminsd) They stop us needing water
8. Carrots and oranges are foods that contain vitamins.
   a) Trueb) False
9. How do animals get their food?
   a) By eating plants or other animalsb) By making it from sunlightc) By making it in their bodies from waterd) By taking it from the air
10. What do we call an animal that eats only plants?
    a) Carnivoreb) Herbivorec) Mammald) Omnivore
11. What do we call animals that eat only other animals?
12. Which of these living things can make its own food?
    a) A childb) A fishc) A green plantd) A rabbit
13. Humans can make their own food inside their bodies.
    a) Trueb) False
14. Where does the food that humans eat come from?
    a) Only rocksb) Only the soilc) Only the sund) Plants and animals
15. What do green plants use from the sun to make their food?
16. A cow eats grass. What is the cow?
    a) A carnivoreb) A herbivorec) A plantd) An omnivore