Components of Food

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What are the three main types of foods? What are their constituents? Elaborate. [ 3 MARKS]

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The components of food which are essential for our body are called __.

1. Nutrients

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Question 10

Read the items of food listed below. Classify them into carbohydrate rich, protein rich and fat rich foods and fill them in the given table.

Moong dal, fish, mustard oil, sweet potato, milk, rice, egg, beans, butter, butter milk (chhachh), cottage cheese (paneer), peas, maize, white bread.

$\begin{array}{ccc}\text{Carbohydrate Rich Food Item (A)}& \text{Protein Rich Food Item (B)}& \text{Fat Rich Food Item (C)}\\ & & \\ & & \\ & & \\ & & \end{array}$

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Question 17

'Water does not provide nutrients, yet it is an important component of food.' Explain.

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This meat is beautifully _______ what recipe did you use?

1. Gentle

2. Tender

3. Mild

4. Soft

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Question 8

Which of the following food item does not provide any nutrient?

$\begin{array}{c}\text{Milk, Water, Orange juice, Tomato soup}\end{array}$

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Is Glucose a Carbohydrate?

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Write down food items which will turn blue black when iodine solution is added.

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Question 9

Fill in the blanks from the list of words given below:

$\begin{array}{c}\text{carbohydrate, fat, protein, starch, sugar, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, roughage, balanced diet, obesity, goitre}\end{array}$

(a) Egg yolk is rich in __ and egg albumin is rich in __.

(b) Deficiency diseases can be prevented by taking a __.

(c) Eating too much of fat rich foods may lead to a condition called __.

(d) The component of food that does not provide any nutrient to our body and yet is essential in our food is __.

(e) The vitamin that gets easily destroyed by heating during cooking is __.

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Which of the following is a function of carbohydrate?

1. Increases the bodies ability to defend

2. For the growth and development of the body

3. To provide energy to the body

4. Insulates body from cold temperatures

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Question 01

Name the major nutrients in our food.

Q. Which of the following groups of food are considered to be energy rich?

1. Rice, wheat, corn
2. Milk, meat, green gram
3. Strawberries, cucumber, watermelon
4. Peas, broccoli, tomatoes

Q. Food provides us with a lot of components that are needed by our body. These components are called _________ .

1. spices
2. fibres
3. nutrients
4. muscles

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Vitamins and minerals are needed for the proper functioning of the body.

1. True
2. False

Q. Match the following vitamins with their sources.

$\begin{array}{cccc}& \text{Column-I}& & \text{Column - II}\\ \text{(i)}& \text{Papaya}& \text{(a)}& \text{Vitamin C}\\ \text{(ii)}& \text{Wheat}& \text{(b)}& \text{Vitamin D}\\ \text{(iii)}& \text{Tomato}& \left(c\right)& \text{Vitamin A}\\ \text{(iv)}& \text{Egg}& \text{(d)}& \text{Vitamin B}\end{array}$

1. (i) - d, (ii) - c, (iii) - b, (iv) - a
2. (i) - c, (ii) - d, (iii) - a, (iv) - b
3. (i) - a, (ii) - b, (iii) - c, (iv) - d
4. (i) - d, (ii) - a, (iii) - c, (iv) - b

Q. Carbohydrates mainly provide to our body.

1. shape
2. structure
3. energy

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The component present in the food which is essential to our body is called as as __.

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Tasty food is not always nutritious and nutritious food may not always be tasty to eat. Comment with examples.

Q. Minerals and are nutrients required by the body in small quantities.

1. carbohydrates
2. proteins
3. vitamins
4. fats

Q. Which of the following is a good source of Vitamin A?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

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Which macronutrient is burned first?

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The components present in food which are essential to our body are known as __.

Q. Which among the following is a rich source of vitamins and minerals?

1. Ghee
2. Oil
3. Fruits
4. Burger

Q. Name the following.
A. The nutrients which mainly give energy to the body.​
B. The nutrient that is needed for growth and maintenance of the body.​

Q. Match the content from column A, B and C.
$\begin{array}{ccc}\text{Column I}& \text{Column II}& \text{Column III}\\ \text{1. Banana}& \text{i) Vitamin A}& \text{a) Dilute iodine solution}\\ \text{2. Fish oil}& \text{ii) Carbohydrates}& \text{b) Prevents constipation}\\ \text{3. Rice}& \text{iii) Dietary fibre}& \text{c) Keeps our eyes and skin healthy}\end{array}$

1. 1-iii-b, 2-ii-a, 3-i-c
2. 1-iii-a, 2-i-c, 3-ii-b
3. 1-ii-b, 2-i-c, 3-iii-a
4. 1-iii-b, 2-i-c, 3-ii-a

Q. Vitamins are required in ____________ quantities.

1. large
2. small

Q. Water does not provide nutrients, yet it is an important component of food. Explain. [2 marks]

Q. Assertion :The total content of iron in an adult body is $3.5$ g. The iron deficiency lead to anaemia. Reason: Iron $\left({Fe}^{2+}\right)$ combines with the pigment porphyrin to form heme.

1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
4. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

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Which vitamin can you relate the following images to?

1. Vitamin E

2. Vitamin D

3. Vitamin K

4. Vitamin C

Q. Vitamin C helps in calcium absorption.

1. True
2. False