Food and Nutrition

Science Four

Write ‘True’ for correct and ‘False’ for incorrect statement.

Question: 1 - Fats do not provide energy to our body.

Answer - False

Correct statement: Fats and carbohydrates provide energy to our body and are called energy giving food or nutrients.

Question: 2 - Pulses are good sources of protein.

Answer - True.

Question: 3 - Green vegetables are good source of vitamins.

Answer - True

Question: 4 - Carbohydrate gives us energy.

Answer –True.

Question: 5 - Pulses are good sources of fats.

Answer-False

[Correct statement: Pulses are good source of proteins.]

Question: 6 - Oils and nuts are good sources of fats.

Answer - True.

Question: 7 - Fats keeps our body warm.

Answer - True.

Question: 8 - Old people need more carbohydrates and protein.

Answer-false.

[Correct statement: Old people need less energy as they do not have to do more work and hence need less carbohydrates and proteins.]

Question: 9 - Milk, eggs, pulses, fish are good sources of protein.

Answer -True.

Question: 10 - Growing children need more protein than old people.

Answer -True.

Question: 11- We should eat oily food.

Answer - False

[Correct statement: We should not take foods which contain more oil as oil gives fats and get cumulated in body leads to obesity.]

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