AL YASMIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, RIYADH
Affiliated to CBSE – New Delhi.
SCIENCE WORK SHEET (2020-2021)
CHAPTER: 2
COMPONENTS OF FOOD
Class: VI Sec: ----------__________ Date: -----------------------
I. Fill in the blanks:
1. Consumption of Calcium keeps teeth and bones healthy.
2. Deficiency of Iodine in the body causes improper functioning of thyroid gland.
3. Vitamin D is synthesized in our body in the presence of Sunlight.
4. Vitamin C gets easily destroyed during cooking.
5. A group of vitamins are called Vitamin B complex
6. Vitamins and Minerals are needed by our body in small amounts.
7. Dietary fibres are also known as Roughage
8. The carbohydrates found in our food are in the form of Starch and Sugar
II. Write true or false:
1. Pulses are rich sources of proteins. (True)
2. Deficiency of iron causes scurvy. (False)
3. Starch is a simple carbohydrate. (True)
4. Milk and cheese are rich in calcium and phosphorus. (True)
5. Glucose is the simplest form of sugar. (True)
6. Deficiency diseases can be prevented by eating a balanced diet. (True)
7. Roughage helps our body to absorb nutrients from food. (False)
8. Vitamin help in keeping our teeth and gums healthy. (False)
9. Meat alone is sufficient to provide all nutrients to the body. (False)
10. Balanced diet for the body should contain a variety of food items. (True)
III. Name four sources of:
1. Carbohydrates: Mango, Wheat, Rice, Papaya
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2. Fats: Meat, Fish, Oil, Eggs
3. Proteins: Paneer, Eggs, Meat, Fish
4. Vitamin A: Papaya, Carrot, Mango, Milk
5. Vitamin B: Liver, Wheat, Rice
6. Vitamin C: Lemon, Guava, Orange, Tomato
7. Vitamin D: Milk, Egg, Fish, Liver
8. Iodine: Ginger, Rice, Fish, Spinach
9. Phosphorus: Banana, Milk, Rice, Grains
10. Iron: Mango, Tomato, Liver, Spinach
11. Calcium: Milk, Eggs
12. Dietary fibres: Pulses, Potatoes, Fruits, Vegetables
IV. Give reason for the following statements:
1. Protein rich foods are useful for our body.
Answer: Protein rich foods are useful for our body because it is needed for our growth
and repair.
2. Fats are called energy banks of our body
Answer: Fats are called energy banks of our body because it acts as an insulator and
provides energy.
3. Water doesn’t provide nutrients, yet it is an important component of food.
Answer: Water doesn’t provide nutrients, yet it is an important component of food
because it helps in the absorption of nutrients and throwing waste in our body.
4. Deficiency diseases can be prevented by eating a balanced diet.
Answer: Deficiency diseases can be prevented by eating a balanced diet because it
provides all nutrients.
5. Rickets is caused by deficiency of vitamin D.
Answer: Rickets is caused by deficiency of Vitamin D because if Vitamin D is not there
our bones will become soft and bent.
V. Complete the following table
Nutrient Disease Symptoms Sources
Vitamin A Loss of vision Poor vision, loss of vision in Papaya, Carrot,
darkness, sometimes complete Mango, Milk
loss of vision.
Vitamin B1 Beriberi Weak muscles and very little Rice, Wheat, Liver
energy to work.
Vitamin C Scurvy Bleeding gums, Wounds Orange, Guava,
which take longer time to Tomato, Lemon
heal.
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Vitamin D Rickets Bones become soft and bent. Fish, Egg, Liver,
Milk.
VI. Short answer questions:
1. Define nutrients. Name the major nutrients in our food.
Answer: Nutrients are things present in food which are important for our body to work in
our daily activities. The major nutrients which are present in our food are: Carbohydrates,
Proteins, Calcium, Minerals, Fats etc.
2. Which vitamin is present in oranges?
Answer: Vitamin C is present in oranges.
3. Mention the role of minerals in our body.
Answer: Minerals are needed by our body in small amounts. Each one is essential for
proper growth and to maintain good health.
4. Which is the major energy yielding component of food?
Answer: Carbohydrates and Fats are the major energy yielding component of food.
5. Define obesity. How does it cause?
Answer: Obesity is a condition in which humans eat fat foods instead of eating other
foods of different nutrients.
6. What is a balanced diet?
Answer: A balanced diet is a diet in which there are nutrients which our important for our
body and it also contains food which have these nutrients.
7. Define deficiency diseases.
Answer: Diseases that occur due to the lack of nutrients over a long time are called
deficiency diseases.
VII. Long answer questions:
1. Why are carbohydrates needed in our diet?
2. Why do children need more proteins than adults?
3. Describe an activity to test the presence of starch in food.
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4. What do you mean by roughage? How is it useful for our body?
5. How would you detect the presence of proteins in our food?
6. Describe an activity to test the presence of oil in food.
Answer: Take a small quantity of a food item. Wrap it in a piece of paper and crush it.
Take care that the paper does not tear. Now, straighten the paper, now you can see that is
an oily patch on the paper this proves that the food item contains oil.
7. How nutrients are lost during the process of cooking?
8. Write two ways by which deficiency of nutrients can be overcome?
9. What will happen if we heat food again and again?
Answer: If we heat the food again and again it removes nutrients from the food and it
also removes Vitamin C from the body.
