Health and growth

Question 1

What is food?

Answer 1

Food is a substance we eat or dink

Question 2

What does food help with?

Answer 2

It helps humans and animals to grow and stay alive.

Question 3

Where does food come from?

Answer 3

It comes from either plants or animals.

Question 4

Give examples of food that come from plants

Answer 4

1. Rice, wheat, maize, barley, oats, millets
2. Vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, brinjal, onions, capsicum, cabbage
3. Fruits like mango, oranges, apple, papaya, grapes

Question 5

What is diet?

Answer 5

The food and drink that is eaten or drunk by a person

Question 6

What is balanced diet?

Answer 6

A diet that has all the food types (groups).

Question 7

Name the 3 food groups in a balanced diet.

Answer 7

Carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins.

Question 8

What is another name for carbohydrates?

Answer 8

Energy giving foods

Question 9

What is another name for proteins?

Answer 9

Body building foods

Question 10

What is another name for vitamins?

Answer 10

Protective foods. They help us to fight against diseases.

Question 11

Give examples of energy giving foods.

Answer 11

cereals, rice, wheat, oats, starchy foods like potatoes, sugar like sweets, ugali, pasta, pizza, chips

Question 12

Give examples of body building foods.

Answer 12

1. Milk and milk products like cheese, paneer, butter, ghee
2. eggs
3. nuts like almonds,

Question 13

Give examples of vitamins.

Answer 13

1. Vegetables like carrots, cabbage, brinjal, tomatoes

2. fruits like banana, orange, apples, grapes

Question 14

What is an offspring?

Answer 14

It is a baby from a mother.

Question 15

What is a life cycle?

Answer 15

Changes in an animal from birth to old age

Question 16

Give examples of a life cycle

Answer 16

1. Mother-> infant-> baby-> toddler-> child-> teenager-> adult-> old age (life cycle of human beings)

Question 17

What is exercise?

Answer 17

It is an activity we do to keep our bodies strong and fit.

Question 18

Give examples of exercise.

Answer 18

Walking, running, swimming, jogging, yoga, jumping

Question 19

How many hours should we sleep at night?

Answer 19

8 hours

Question 20

What are the importance of water in the body?

Answer 20

1. To help cool our bodies when it is hot.

2. To help us digest our food.

Question 21

How many glasses of water should we drink each day?

Answer 21

8 glasses

Question 22

What are the things we need to grow strong and healthy?

Answer 22

Water, food, exercise and sleep.

Question 23

What are the things we do for personal hygiene?

Answer 23

1. We should take a bath everyday and wear clean clothes.
2. We should wash our hair at least twice a week.
3. We should cut our nails regularly.
4. We should not eat uncovered food.
5. We should boil water before drinking if it is not mineral water.
6. We should keep our house and surrounding clean.