Class 6 Science Chapter 2 Fill in the blanks

CBSE Class 6 Science 

Chapter 2: Components of Food 

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1. The components in the food which is needed in our body are called ------------------------
2. The main carbohydrates found in our food are in the form of  ------------- and ---------------.
3. The presence of starch changes the colour of the food item into ----------------colour, when Iodine Solution is added.
4. ------------ and ------------- is used to test the presence of protein in the food.
5. The presence of ----------- in the paper, when it is wrapped and crushed with food item, shows the presence of fat in it.
6. Food containing carbohydrates and fats are called ----------------------------.
7. ------------ are needed for the growth and repair of our body.
8. ------------help in protecting our body against diseases.
9. Vitamin A keeps our ------------- and ----------------healthy.
10. -------------helps our body to use calcium for bones and teeth.
11. ------------- is an example of 'carbohydrate rich' source of food.
12. Dietary fibres are also known as -------------------.
13. -------------does not provide any nutrients to our body.
14. ---------------help our body to get rid of undigested food.
15. -------------- help our body to absorb nutrients from food.
16. The ------------------ of many vegetables and fruits contains vitamins and minerals.
17. -------------- gets easily destroyed by heat during cooking
18. Eating too much of fat rich foods cause --------------.
19. The deficiency disease caused by the lack of Vitamin C is -----------------
20. Goiter is due to the deficiency of ----------------------.
21. Deficiency of iron causes -----------------.
22. Swollen glands in the neck is a symptom of -----------disease.
23. Beriberi causes due the lack of ----------------.
24. Bones becomes soft and bend due to the deficiency of -----------------.
25. Our body prepares -------------- in the presence of sunlight.

Answers:

1. nutrients
2. starch and sugars
3. blue-black 
4. Copper Sulphate and Caustic Soda
5. oil patch
6. energy giving foods
7. Proteins
8. Vitamins
9. skin and eyes
10. Vitamin D
11. Rice
12. roughage
13. Roughage
14. Roughage
15. Water
16. skin
17. Vitamin C
18. obesity
19. Scurvy
20. Iodine
21. Anaemia
22. Goiter
23. Vitamin B1
24. Vitamin D
25. Vitamin D