Human Nutrition - Minerals

Question 1

Name a few minerals that are important to our body

Answer 1

Calcium, phosphorus, sulphur, sodium, potassium, iron, magnesium, fluorine, chlorine, copper, iodine.

Question 2

Lack of calcium

Answer 2

Weak bones and teeth

Question 3

Anemia

Answer 3

Lack of iron

Question 4

Lack of iodine

Answer 4

Goitre

Question 5

Source of pottasium

Answer 5

common salt, banana

Question 6

Source of iron

Answer 6

red meat, green vegetables

Question 7

Function of chlorine

Answer 7

functioning of nerves and action of enzymes

Question 8

Function of iron

Answer 8

formation of haemoglobin

Question 9

Source of iodine

Answer 9

seafood, iodized salt

Question 10

Lack of sulphur

Answer 10

Unhealthy hair and nails

Question 11

Function of phosphorus

Answer 11

Releases energy in cell

Question 12

Function of copper

Answer 12

Formation of enzymes, proteins and vitamins

Question 13

Source of copper

Answer 13

cereals, pulses and vegetables

Question 14

Dehydration

Answer 14

lack of sodium, pottasium and chlorine

Question 15

Parts of a cell that contain minerals

Answer 15

cell membrane, protoplasm, chromosomes