Food, Glorious Food
1. Sugars and starches are forms of:
A carbohydrates
B lipids
C proteins
2. Carbohydrates are broken down in the digestive system to:
A simple sugars
B starches
C amino acids
3. The function of sugars is to provide the body with:
A insulation
B energy
C hormones
4. Examples of foods containing a lot of starch are:
A lollypops and softdrink
B bread and pasta
C meat and eggs
5. Examples of foods containing a lot of sugar are:
A honey and lollypops
B bread and meat
C cheese and milk
6. The scientific name for fibre is:
A protein
B cellulose
C sugar
7. Proteins are made of many smaller molecules called:
A sugars
B proteinoids
C amino acids
8. In the body, proteins are useful for:
A body building and repair
B insulation
C vitamins
9. Animals cannot make some important amino acids. Therefore they must eat them. These are called:
Afatty acids
Bvegetarian acids
Cessential amino acids
10. Vegetarians must get their essential amino acids by eating:
Amilk and eggs
Bfats
Cstarch
11. Examples of foods with a lot of protein are:
Acarrots and milk
Bbeans and meat
Cbread and cakes
12. The scientific name for fats and oils is:
Alipids
Bcarbohydrates
Cproteins
13. Examples of foods containing a lot of lipids are:
Abutter and oils
Beggs and milk
Cbread and pasta
14. Lipids are an important source of:
Aproteins
Bshort-term vitamins
Clong-term energy
15. Apart from carbohydrates proteins and lipids, other food nutrients are:
Awater and sugars
Bvitamins and minerals
Cstarches and fats

 

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