Food and its Components

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Food and its Components: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Food, Meal, Sources of Dietary Fibres & Water as a Food Component etc.

Important Questions on Food and its Components

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Tocopherol or α- tocopherol is also known as?

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Night blindness is caused due to lack of vitamin E.

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Fill in the blank with a suitable answer from the given words.

(Vitamin E, Fats, Carbohydrates)

Milk: Protein, Nuts: _____.

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Explain the role of Vitamin E.

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Nuts, seeds, and green leafy vegetables are a rich source of _____.

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Encircle the energy-giving foods with blue, body-building foods with red and protective foods with green colour. 
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A food that gives us energy is 

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The deficiency of vitamin _____ causes night blindness in humans.

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_____ (Iron/Magnesium) is a major component of blood.

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The deficiency of _____ causes scurvy, dry skin, easy bruising, joint pains, etc., diseases in the human body.

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Eggs are rich in carbohydrates.

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Potatoes are rich in proteins.

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Which mineral is required for the formation of haemoglobin?

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Curd is rich in calcium.

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Which nutrients are present in a balanced diet?

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Why do we eat food?

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Milk is a complete diet.

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Fill in the blanks using the words given below:

(energy, vitamin D, Minerals, Protein, Water)

Fats give _____ to our body.

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Fill in the blanks using the words given below:

(energy, vitamin D, Minerals, Protein, Water)

The _____ helps in the formation of teeth, bones and blood.

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Fill in the blanks using the words given below:

(energy, vitamin D, Minerals, Protein, Water)

_____ is a body-building nutrient.