Vitamins

Question 1

Vitamin A

Answer 1

Makes a light sensitive chemical in the retina, also protects the surface of the eye.
Effect of deficiency can cause night blindness, damaged cornea of the eye.
Found in liver oils, butter, margarine, carrots.

Question 2

Vitamin B1

Answer 2

Helps with cell respiration.
Lack can cause beri beri.
Found in yeast extract, cereals.

Question 3

Vitamin B2

Answer 3

Helps with cell respiration.
Lack causes poor growth, and dry skin.
Found in green vegetables, eggs and fish.

Question 4

Vitamin B3

Answer 4

Helps with cell respiration.
Lack causes pellagra (dry red skin, poor growth, and digestive disorders).
Found in liver, meat and fish.

Question 5

Vitamin C

Answer 5

Sticks together surfaces lining surfaces such as the mouth.
Lack causes scurvy.
Found in fresh fruit and vegetables.

Question 6

Vitamin D

Answer 6

Helps bones absorb calcium, and phosphate.
Lack causes rickets, and poor teeth.
Found in fish liver oils, also made in skin in sunlight.