Food-Our Basic Need Worksheet-10
True or False
Common salt is a mineral.
Chocolate is rich in vitamins and minerals.
Potassium is a vitamin.
Iodine is a fat.
Sulphur is not a mineral.
Calcium is not a mineral.
Common salt is a roughage.
Calcium helps in building up of muscles.
Calcium helps in the formation of bones and teeth.
Food-Our Basic Need Worksheet-11
True or False
Iron is needed to form blood.
Potassium is needed to form blood.
Lack of iron in the body causes a disease called anaemia.
The part of food that cannot be digested is called roughage.
Lack of calcium in the body causes a disease called anaemia.
Roughage helps to remove waste material out of our body.
One-fifth of our body weight is made up of water.
We should drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water every day.
Food-Our Basic Need Worksheet-12
True or False
Eating a lot of junk food can make us put on extra weight.
A diet which has food items from all the food groups, and in the right amount, is called a balanced diet.
The kind of food that we eat is called our diet.
When food is exposed to air and moisture, germs begin to grow on it.
We can preserve food by the method of drying.
We can preserve food by the method of pickling.
We can preserve food by the method of refrigerating.
We can preserve food by the method of canning.
