Different types of food | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these will help a human to live a healthy life?

Having good personal hygiene. ✓

Driving a car.

Eating lots of sweets.
Exercising helps humans to stay ______.

'healthy' ✓
______ is a sticky substance made up mostly of the germs that cause tooth decay.

'plaque' ✓
How can you keep your teeth healthy?

Go to the dentist regularly. ✓

Brush your teeth twice a day. ✓

Eat lots of sweets.

Wash your hands twice a day.
What does exercise do to your muscles?

It makes them stronger. ✓

It makes them smell.

It makes them stay clean.
Exercise is important because ...

it helps a human to stay healthy. ✓

it helps a human to have muscles.

it helps a human to grow.

Exit quiz

True or false? A diet with too much fat or sugar can be unhealthy for humans.

True ✓
False
How do foods such as meat, fish and soya help our bodies?

They help our bodies to grow and repair. ✓

They help to keep our bones and teeth healthy.

They are vegetables that keep our bodies healthy.
Sweets contain a lot of ...

sugar. ✓

protein.

dairy.
Making the right choices about the food we eat can help humans to be more ...

fit.

clean.

healthy. ✓
When scientists put foods into different groups, which science skill are they using?

testing

sorting ✓

predicting
Which of these foods should a human eat often?

tomatoes ✓

doughnuts

cheeseburgers

fish ✓

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Key learning points

Different types of food can help our bodies in different ways.
Food containing lots of fats and/or sugar can be unhealthy for humans.
Making the right choices about the food we eat can help humans to be more healthy.
Different types of food can be sorted into different groups.

Common misconception

All fat in the diet can cause ill health. A ‘balanced’ diet should include equal-sized proportions of the different food groups (rather than appropriate amounts of each food group).

Explanation that humans need to eat small amounts of fat and sugar, but that eating too much is unhealthy. Explanation of the importance of eating different types of food. The word “balanced” is not used in this lesson.

Keywords

Food - Food gives living things energy and helps them to stay healthy.
Healthy - The health of a living thing is how well or ill it is. A healthy diet keeps a person or animal well.
Fat - Fat is found in foods like butter and cheese.
Unhealthy - Something that is unhealthy is not good for your health.
Group - To group things is to put similar things together.