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Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
This mineral helps to regulate and maintain the balance of fluids in the body. Table salt is a a major source of this mineral. What is the mineral?
  1. Water
  2. Fat
  3. Sodium
  4. Calcium
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
What are "essential amino acids"?
  1. The most important amino acids.
  2. The 9 amino acids your body can't make.
  3. The amino acids found in your vitamins.
  4. The amino acids that your body makes for you.
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Give examples of foods on the food pyramid that would be in the dairy category.
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
A                    is an illness caused by consuming foods or beverages that have been contaminated with pathogens. Commonly referred to food-poisoning.
  1. Food-Borne Illness
  2. Disease
  3. Dehydration
  4. Supplements
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Milk, cheese, and eggs contain protein.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Select the nutrient that best applies to the description. This nutrient is the main source of energy for the body. Your body can only store limited amounts of this nutrient before it is converted to fat. What is the nutrient?
  1. Carbohydrates
  2. Minerals
  3. Fats
  4. Proteins
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
The main nutrients your body needs are: water, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins & minerals. Separate the nutrients into two categories 1) those your body needs a lot of and 2) those your body needs in small amounts.
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
You need some food from each food group every day.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
milk is pasteurized by quickly
heating it to 161°F for 15 seconds
and then rapidly cooling it.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Your appetite tells you what kind of food you should eat to be healthy.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
What does it mean to say that your body is "dehydrated"?
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
You should drink at least 6 glasses of liquids each day.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Give examples of foods rich in vitamin C.
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Name 3 minerals that your body needs.
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
As discussed in class, what section of the the "Old" food pyramid was recommended to avoid, or eat small amounts from?
  1. Sweets
  2. Vegetables
  3. Fruits
  4. Grains
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
This food-borne illness can occur when meat is undercooked or eating contaminated vegetables. What is the food-borne illness?
  1. Giardia
  2. Fever
  3. E-Coli
  4. Diarrhea
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
A                 diet is a quick weight loss strategy that is popular for a short time, and if abused can have serious health risks and implications.
  1. Quick
  2. Slow
  3. Unpopular
  4. Fad
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Select the nutrient that best applies to the description. This nutrient provides energy and helps the body store and use vitamins. This nutrient supplies twice the energy that carbohydrates and proteins provide. What is the nutrient?
  1. Carbohydrates
  2. Water
  3. Fats
  4. Vitamins
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Write two good sources of calcium that you can eat.
Grade 5 Diet and Nutrition
Your body needs different kinds of foods to grow and work as it should.
  1. True
  2. False
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