Natural science 6. Unit 1.
Nutrition I
Name: Date:
1. Complete the procedure on how to apply the Heimlich
manoeuvre.
__________ behind the person who is ___________ and
wrap your ___________ around his / her
_____________.
Place your ____________ on his / her abdomen between
the belly button and the __________________, and grab
your fist tightly with your other _____________.
Pull your fist rapidly ______________and upward.
_____________this step until the obstructing
_____________is expelled.
Stand + arms + Repeat + object + fist + chocking +
rib cage + hand + inward + abdomen
2. Which are the four systems involved in nutrition?
There are four systems involved in nutrition: _________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
3. What is nutrition?
Nutrition is a _______________________________
_________________________________________
4. What simple substances does food contain? What do they
provide?
5. Nutrients are classified into groups. Write the name of the
nutrient.
___________________ provide a fast supply of energy.
___________________ provide a slower supply of
energy.
___________________ provide building materials for
growth and to repair our body.
___________________ are necessary for our body to
function properly.
___________________ transports other nutrients and
waste around the body.
6. Write at least 3 examples of food that contain ….
….. carbohydrates: _____________________________
….. fats : _____________________________________
….. proteins: __________________________________
….. vitamins and minerals: _______________________
7. Write: digestion + circulation + respiration + excretion.
__________________: this involves obtaining nutrients
from food for our body to use.
__________________: this involves eliminating waste
produced in our body.
__________________: this involves obtaining the oxygen
we need to live and releasing carbon dioxide.
__________________: this involves transporting nutrients,
oxygen and waste products throughout the body.
8. Where does…
… digestion take place?
… circulation take place?
… respiration take place?
… excretion take place?
9. What is digestion? How long does it normally take? Where
does it take place?
10. Complete.
The digestive system consists of one long tube, called the
_____________________, and the _________________.
Digestion begins in the ______________, where our teeth
break down the _____________. While we chew, the food
mixes with saliva produces by the ___________________.
When we swallow, the bolus is pushed into the
______________ and down the _____________________.
Then, the bolus reaches the _______________, which
produces gastric juices. These _______________ break
down the food even further, forming a thick mixture called
________________.
The chyme travels to the _____________________, which
produces intestinal juices. These juices combine with bile,
produced in the _______________, and pancreatic juice,
produced in the __________________. The chyme turns
into a milky liquid called ______________________.
11. How and where are nutrients absorbed? What does villi
do?
12. Complete: elimination of waste.
In the ______ ____________, water is absorbed and the
remaining undigested food parts turn into solid
__________. This leaves the body through the
___________.
13. Label the digestive system.
Mouth – Large intestine – Anus – Stomach - Oesophagus
Pharynx - Pancreas - Salivary glands - Small intestine
Liver
14. What does a complete balanced diet mean?
15. Why is fibre important?
16. Name 3 simple habits we should follow for a healthy diet:
17. What is respiration?
Respiration is the process by which we ________________
____________________________________________
18. What does the respiratory system consist of?
The respiratory system consists of the ________________
And the ______________.
19. Label the respiratory system:
Nostrils – Air sacs – Bronchioles – Lungs – Trachea –
Pharynx - Larynx - Bronchi
20. Complete the text.
When we inhale, air enters through the ____________,
goes to the _____________, then travels down the
______________ and the _____________. The trachea is
divided into two branches called the _____________. The
bronchi take the air to each _____________.
Inside the lungs, the bronchi are divided into smaller
branches called the _______________. These lead to the
_____________.
21. What are air sacs? And what happens there?
22. True or false. Correct the false sentences.
Air sacs are dry surfaces in the lungs where gas exchange takes place.
The air sacs in the lungs are surrounded by water.
Both the air sacs and the blood vessels have very thin walls.
The thin walls don’t allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to pass between the
lungs and the blood.
The oxygen in the air we exhale passes from the air sacs into the blood.
The blood carries the oxygen to all the cells in our body.
The carbon dioxide produced by all the body cells travels through the
blood and passes into the air sacs.
The air sacs expel the carbon dioxide when we exhale.
23. Finish this sentence.
When blood enters the lungs, it releases _____________
___________________________________________
24. Write 3 examples on how to keep your respiration
system healthy.