Components of food exam edge

6th Biology
Components of Food
Important concepts and questions
What to expect?
Chapter Important Important

Revision topics questions
Homework
Heroes
Requirements
Notebook + Textbook
Stationery
Water bottle
Quiet place to focus
Nutrients
Substances that provide energy for the growth, functioning,

and maintenance of the body.
Carbohydrates Fats Proteins
Vitamins Minerals
Carbohydrates
• Acts as energy provider for the body
• Few sources: Rice, Bread, Potato

Carbohydrate Test
Iodine Test
Rice Iodine solution Turns blue-black

Proteins
• Responsible for growth and repair of the

body
• Few sources: Milk, Eggs, Paneer
• Excess heating destroys the nutritional

value of proteins
Protein Test
Biuret Test
Protein Caustic soda Copper sulphate Violet-coloured

powder solution solution solution
Fats
• Acts as an energy reservoir for the body
• Few sources: Peanut, Ghee, Butter

Fat Test
Paper Test
Butter Paper Translucent spot

Vitamins
Vitamin C
Benefit
• Helps in proper functioning of immune
system
• Helps in growth and repair of our body
• Synthesise collagen
• Heal wounds
Vitamins
Vitamin D
Benefit
• Helps in deposition of calcium in our bones
and teeth making them stronger
• Helps in mineralisation of teeth and bone
Minerals
• Inorganic elements that are required in small quantities
• Maintain good health and proper body functioning
Calcium Iodine Iron

Other Components of Food
Those with no nutritional value!
Roughage Water
• Sources: Water, milk, tea,

fruits and vegetables such
• Source: Whole grains and
as cucumbers, oranges,
pulses, potatoes, fresh fruits
and tomatoes.
and vegetables.
• Benefit: Helps in the
• Benefit: This helps our body
absorption of nutrients and
get rid of undigested food.
the removal of wastes.
Balanced Diet
• Consists of vital nutrients like

protein, carbohydrate, fats,
vitamins, minerals, water, and
fibres.
• A meal consisting of dal, chapati,

rice, meat, milk, nuts and fruits is
sufficient to provide adequate
nutrients to our body.
Deficiency Disease
Diseases that are caused due to the lack of nutrients over
a long period of time.
Breads, cereals,
Vegetables
and potatoes
and fruits
Deficiency
of nutrients
Meat, fish, Dairy

and poultry products
Sugar and
fat-rich food
Deficiency Diseases
Vitamin/ Deficiency Symptoms

mineral disease/disorder
Vitamin A Loss of vision Poor vision, loss of vision in darkness,
sometimes complete loss of vision
Vitamin B1 Beriberi Weak muscles and very little energy
to work
Vitamin C Scurvy Bleeding gums, wounds take longer
time to heal
Vitamin D Rickets Bones become soft and bent
Calcium Bone and tooth decay Weak bones, tooth decay
Iodine Goiter Glands in the neck appear swollen,
mental disability in children
Iron Anaemia Weakness
What to expect?
Chapter Important Important

Revision topics questions
Starch can be tested by using
A iodine solution
B caustic soda
Question 1
C copper sulphate
D Fehling’s solution
Starch can be tested by using
A iodine solution
B caustic soda
C copper sulphate
D Fehling’s solution
Protein helps us in
A body building
B making skin soft

Question 2
C building immunity
D none of these
Protein helps us in
A body building
B making skin soft
C building immunity
D none of these
Which of the following are the good sources of plant proteins?
A Milk
B Fish
Question 3
C Nuts
D Eggs
Which of the following are the good sources of plant proteins?
A Milk
B Fish
C Nuts
D Eggs
Deficiency of vitamin A causes
A night blindness
B beriberi
Question 4
C scurvy
D rickets
Deficiency of vitamin A causes
A night blindness
B beriberi
C scurvy
D rickets
Vegetable that contains water is
A cucumber
B tomato
Question 5
C zucchini
D all of these
Vegetable that contains water is
A cucumber
B tomato
C zucchini
D all of these
Match the following.
Column A Column B
1. Minerals (a) Disease of bones
2. Rickets (b) No energy value
Question 6
3. Vitamin C (c) Thyroid gland

4. Iodine (d) Healing wound
(e) Healthy skin and good
5. Vitamin A
vision
Column A Column B
1. Minerals (a) Disease of bones
2. Rickets (b) No energy value
3. Vitamin C (c) Thyroid gland
4. Iodine (d) Healing wound
(e) Healthy skin and good
5. Vitamin A
vision
Column A Column B
1. Minerals (b) No energy value
Question 6
2. Rickets (a) Disease of bones

3. Vitamin C (d) Healing wound
4. Iodine (c) Thyroid gland
5. Vitamin A (e) Healthy skin and good vision
What is balanced diet? What happens when you don’t eat balanced
diet?
2 marks
Question 7
Balanced Diet
• Consists of vital nutrients like

protein, carbohydrate, fats,
vitamins, minerals, water, and
fibres.
• A meal consisting of dal, chapati,

rice, meat, milk, nuts and fruits is
sufficient to provide adequate
nutrients to our body.
What is balanced diet?
• A diet in which every component of food is present in the required amount to

the body is called balanced diet.
• In the short term, poor nutrition can contribute to stress, tiredness and our
capacity to work, and over time, it can lead to either obesity or deficiency
diseases.
A person living in hilly areas suffered from swollen neck. He is
suffering from which disease and what is the probable cause of this
disease?
2 marks
Question 8
Iodine
Glands in the neck
appear swollen, slow
mental growth in
children
A person living in hilly areas suffered from swollen neck. He is suffering from
which disease and what is the probable cause of this disease?
• The person is suffering from goiter.

• The probable reason is the absence of iodine mineral in the food of that region and
the salt used by him also lacks iodine.
Write the various wasteful pre-cooking practices which leads to the
nutrients.
2 marks
Question 9
Wasteful pre-cooking practices
1. Repeated washing of rice

and pulses.
2. Washing of fruits and
vegetables after they
have been peeled and cut.
3. Taking off thick peels from
fruits and vegetables.
Write the various wasteful pre-cooking practices which leads to the
nutrients.
• The various wasteful pre-cooking practices which lead to the loss of

nutrients are:
1. Repeated washing of rice and pulses.
2. Washing of fruits and vegetables after they have been peeled and cut.
3. Taking off thick peels from fruits and vegetables.
Write the list of mineral deficiency diseases and their symptoms.
3 marks
Question 10
Deficiency Diseases
Vitamin/ Deficiency Symptoms

mineral disease/disorder
Iodine Goiter Glands in the neck appear swollen,
mental disability in children
Write the list of mineral deficiency diseases and their symptoms.
Mineral Deficiency disease/disorder Symptoms

Iodine Goiter Glands in the neck appear swollen, mental
disability in children
Homework
Question
List the energy giving components of
food and their resources.

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6th Biology

Chapter Important Important

Substances that provide energy for the growth, functioning,

Carbohydrates Fats Proteins

• Acts as energy provider for the body

• Few sources: Rice, Bread, Potato

Rice Iodine solution Turns blue-black

• Responsible for growth and repair of the

• Few sources: Milk, Eggs, Paneer

• Excess heating destroys the nutritional

Protein Caustic soda Copper sulphate Violet-coloured

• Acts as an energy reservoir for the body

• Few sources: Peanut, Ghee, Butter

Butter Paper Translucent spot

• Inorganic elements that are required in small quantities

• Maintain good health and proper body functioning

Calcium Iodine Iron

Those with no nutritional value!

• Sources: Water, milk, tea,

• Consists of vital nutrients like

• A meal consisting of dal, chapati,

Meat, fish, Dairy

Vitamin/ Deficiency Symptoms

Chapter Important Important

B making skin soft

B making skin soft

3. Vitamin C (c) Thyroid gland

2. Rickets (a) Disease of bones

• Consists of vital nutrients like

• A meal consisting of dal, chapati,

• A diet in which every component of food is present in the required amount to

• The person is suffering from goiter.

1. Repeated washing of rice

• The various wasteful pre-cooking practices which lead to the loss of

Vitamin/ Deficiency Symptoms

Mineral Deficiency disease/disorder Symptoms

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