Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Spot the following in the table of vitamins and minerals.
Foods required to prevent the above diseases.
Solution
Foods required to prevent the diseases are:
| Diseses | Food for prevention |
| Night blindness | Carrot, milk, butter, dark green vegetables, sweet potato |
| Scurvy | Amla, kiwi, oranges, other citrus fruits, tomato, green leafy vegetables |
| Rickets | Milk, fish, eggs, and butter |
| Beriberi | Milk, fish, meat, cereals, nuts, pulses |
RELATED QUESTIONS
Give the one-word substitute for the following:
Insect-eating organism.
Name the sources of the following:
Cellulose
Classify according to food-type.
Cow
Name the following:
The nutrients that are needed for the growth and maintenance of our body.
Choose the correct option.
Acinar cells are present in ______.
Pitcher plant traps insects because it
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth. But farmers who cultivate pulse crops like green gram, Bengal gram, black gram, etc. do not apply nitrogenous fertilizers during cultivation. Why?
Observe the diagram given in Figure 1.1 and label the following terms given in the box.
Mention two components of food that do not provide nutrients.
Take a potted plant with broad leaves. Take two strips of black paper and cut out a small square in the centres. Cover a part of two leaves with these papers and secure them with paper clips Figure. Keep the plant in sunlight for 2–5 days. Observe the difference in the colour of the covered and the uncovered portions on the leaf. Perform iodine test on this leaf. Did the two parts show different results? Now take second leaf. Remove the strip and expose the covered part to the sunlight for 2–3 days and do the iodine test again. Describe your observations.
