Unscramble the following words related to components of food and write them in the space provided.

Which of the following statement about diseases.

(i) They are caused by germs.

(ii) They are caused due to lack of nutrients in our diet

(iii) They can be passed on to another person through contact.

(iv) They can be prevented by taking a balanced diet.

Which pair of statements best describes a deficiency disease?

Given below are the steps to test the presence of proteins in a food item:

(i) Take a small quantity of the food item in a test tube, add 10 drops of water to it shake it.

(ii) Make a paste or powder of food to be tested.

(iii) Add 10 drops of caustic soda solution to the test tube and shake well.

(iv)Add 2 drops of copper sulphate solution to it.

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the steps?

Which of the following food items does not provide any nutrient?

Milk, Water, Orange juice, Tomato soup

Fill in the blanks from the list of words given below:

(carbohydrate, fat, protein, starch, sugar, vitamin A, vitamin C, roughage, balanced diet, obesity, goitre)

(a) Egg yolk is rich in …………………. And egg albumin is rich in ……………….. .

(b) Deficiency diseases can be prevented by taking a …………………. .

(c) Eating too much of fat rich food may lead to a condition called ……………. .

(d) The component of food that does not provide any nutrient to our body and yet is essential in our food is ………………. .

(e) The vitamin that gets destroyed by heating during cooking is ……………….. .