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Food groups, teeth & keeping healthy

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Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 4-6

Food groups, teeth & keeping healthy

Take your time. Show your thinking.

1. What is the hardest substance in the human body, which forms the protective outer coating of each tooth: tooth enamel or fingernails?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
2. What is the first set of 20 temporary teeth that young children grow before their adult teeth come through: milk teeth (baby/deciduous teeth) or wisdom teeth?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
3. Which group of foods—including rice, bread, pasta, oats and potatoes—is our body’s main source of everyday energy: carbohydrates or table salt?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
4. Which sharp, chisel-shaped teeth at the very front of your mouth are designed for biting and cutting into food like an apple: incisors or molars?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
5. Which mineral found in spinach, lentils, beans and red meat is needed by red blood cells to make haemoglobin and carry oxygen: iron or sodium?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
6. Which mineral found in milk, yoghurt, cheese, tofu and leafy greens helps build strong bones and teeth: calcium or helium?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
7. What should you do when you sneeze or cough to stop germs spreading through the air to classmates: cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or the inside of your elbow, then wash your hands, or sneeze into the fan?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
8. Which vitamin can our skin make when we spend a safe, short time in morning sunlight, helping our bones absorb calcium: Vitamin D or Vitamin B?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
9. Which hard framework inside your body supports your weight, gives your body its shape and protects vital organs like the brain and heart: the skeleton (bones) or the skin?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
10. Why should we brush our teeth for two minutes twice a day with fluoride toothpaste and limit sugary snacks: bacteria in plaque feed on sugar and make acid that causes tooth decay (cavities), or brushing makes teeth softer?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
11. How do skeletal muscles move your bones at a joint (such as the bicep and tricep at your elbow): muscles work in antagonistic pairs that pull on bones by contracting and relaxing, or muscles push bones apart?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
12. Which bony structure of the skeleton surrounds and protects your brain: the skull (cranium) or the ribcage?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth

12 questions · Seed 42 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification

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Food groups, teeth & keeping healthy

Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.

1. What is the hardest substance in the human body, which forms the protective outer coating of each tooth: tooth enamel or fingernails?
Tooth enamel
Enamel is a mineralised layer covering the crown of each tooth.
2. What is the first set of 20 temporary teeth that young children grow before their adult teeth come through: milk teeth (baby/deciduous teeth) or wisdom teeth?
Milk teeth (baby/deciduous teeth)
Children’s milk teeth gradually fall out from around age 6 to make room for 32 permanent adult teeth.
3. Which group of foods—including rice, bread, pasta, oats and potatoes—is our body’s main source of everyday energy: carbohydrates or table salt?
Carbohydrates
Starchy carbohydrates break down into glucose to fuel our muscles and brain.
4. Which sharp, chisel-shaped teeth at the very front of your mouth are designed for biting and cutting into food like an apple: incisors or molars?
Incisors
The eight front incisors have flat, sharp edges for biting off pieces of food.
5. Which mineral found in spinach, lentils, beans and red meat is needed by red blood cells to make haemoglobin and carry oxygen: iron or sodium?
Iron
Iron is a core component of haemoglobin in red blood cells.
6. Which mineral found in milk, yoghurt, cheese, tofu and leafy greens helps build strong bones and teeth: calcium or helium?
Calcium
Calcium gives bones and tooth enamel their strength and hardness.
7. What should you do when you sneeze or cough to stop germs spreading through the air to classmates: cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or the inside of your elbow, then wash your hands, or sneeze into the fan?
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or the inside of your elbow, then wash your hands
Catching droplets in a tissue or elbow prevents airborne transmission of cold and flu viruses.
8. Which vitamin can our skin make when we spend a safe, short time in morning sunlight, helping our bones absorb calcium: Vitamin D or Vitamin B?
Vitamin D
Vitamin D (also found in oily fish and eggs) works with calcium for healthy bone growth.
9. Which hard framework inside your body supports your weight, gives your body its shape and protects vital organs like the brain and heart: the skeleton (bones) or the skin?
The skeleton (bones)
The human skeleton supports the body, protects organs and works with muscles to allow movement.
10. Why should we brush our teeth for two minutes twice a day with fluoride toothpaste and limit sugary snacks: bacteria in plaque feed on sugar and make acid that causes tooth decay (cavities), or brushing makes teeth softer?
Bacteria in plaque feed on sugar and make acid that causes tooth decay (cavities)
Brushing removes plaque and protects the hard outer enamel of the teeth.
11. How do skeletal muscles move your bones at a joint (such as the bicep and tricep at your elbow): muscles work in antagonistic pairs that pull on bones by contracting and relaxing, or muscles push bones apart?
Muscles work in antagonistic pairs that pull on bones by contracting and relaxing
Muscles can only pull when they contract; one muscle bends the joint while its partner relaxes, and vice versa.
12. Which bony structure of the skeleton surrounds and protects your brain: the skull (cranium) or the ribcage?
Skull (cranium)
The skull forms a strong protective helmet around the brain.

12 questions · Seed 42 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification

Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 4-6

Food groups, teeth & keeping healthy

Take your time. Show your thinking.

1. What is the hardest substance in the human body, which forms the protective outer coating of each tooth: tooth enamel or fingernails?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
2. What is the first set of 20 temporary teeth that young children grow before their adult teeth come through: milk teeth (baby/deciduous teeth) or wisdom teeth?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
3. Which group of foods—including rice, bread, pasta, oats and potatoes—is our body’s main source of everyday energy: carbohydrates or table salt?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
4. Which sharp, chisel-shaped teeth at the very front of your mouth are designed for biting and cutting into food like an apple: incisors or molars?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
5. Which mineral found in spinach, lentils, beans and red meat is needed by red blood cells to make haemoglobin and carry oxygen: iron or sodium?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
6. Which mineral found in milk, yoghurt, cheese, tofu and leafy greens helps build strong bones and teeth: calcium or helium?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
7. What should you do when you sneeze or cough to stop germs spreading through the air to classmates: cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or the inside of your elbow, then wash your hands, or sneeze into the fan?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
8. Which vitamin can our skin make when we spend a safe, short time in morning sunlight, helping our bones absorb calcium: Vitamin D or Vitamin B?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
9. Which hard framework inside your body supports your weight, gives your body its shape and protects vital organs like the brain and heart: the skeleton (bones) or the skin?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
10. Why should we brush our teeth for two minutes twice a day with fluoride toothpaste and limit sugary snacks: bacteria in plaque feed on sugar and make acid that causes tooth decay (cavities), or brushing makes teeth softer?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
11. How do skeletal muscles move your bones at a joint (such as the bicep and tricep at your elbow): muscles work in antagonistic pairs that pull on bones by contracting and relaxing, or muscles push bones apart?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth
12. Which bony structure of the skeleton surrounds and protects your brain: the skull (cranium) or the ribcage?
Balanced Food Groups & Teeth

12 questions · Seed 42 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification

Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 4-6

Food groups, teeth & keeping healthy

Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.

1. What is the hardest substance in the human body, which forms the protective outer coating of each tooth: tooth enamel or fingernails?
Tooth enamel
Enamel is a mineralised layer covering the crown of each tooth.
2. What is the first set of 20 temporary teeth that young children grow before their adult teeth come through: milk teeth (baby/deciduous teeth) or wisdom teeth?
Milk teeth (baby/deciduous teeth)
Children’s milk teeth gradually fall out from around age 6 to make room for 32 permanent adult teeth.
3. Which group of foods—including rice, bread, pasta, oats and potatoes—is our body’s main source of everyday energy: carbohydrates or table salt?
Carbohydrates
Starchy carbohydrates break down into glucose to fuel our muscles and brain.
4. Which sharp, chisel-shaped teeth at the very front of your mouth are designed for biting and cutting into food like an apple: incisors or molars?
Incisors
The eight front incisors have flat, sharp edges for biting off pieces of food.
5. Which mineral found in spinach, lentils, beans and red meat is needed by red blood cells to make haemoglobin and carry oxygen: iron or sodium?
Iron
Iron is a core component of haemoglobin in red blood cells.
6. Which mineral found in milk, yoghurt, cheese, tofu and leafy greens helps build strong bones and teeth: calcium or helium?
Calcium
Calcium gives bones and tooth enamel their strength and hardness.
7. What should you do when you sneeze or cough to stop germs spreading through the air to classmates: cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or the inside of your elbow, then wash your hands, or sneeze into the fan?
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or the inside of your elbow, then wash your hands
Catching droplets in a tissue or elbow prevents airborne transmission of cold and flu viruses.
8. Which vitamin can our skin make when we spend a safe, short time in morning sunlight, helping our bones absorb calcium: Vitamin D or Vitamin B?
Vitamin D
Vitamin D (also found in oily fish and eggs) works with calcium for healthy bone growth.
9. Which hard framework inside your body supports your weight, gives your body its shape and protects vital organs like the brain and heart: the skeleton (bones) or the skin?
The skeleton (bones)
The human skeleton supports the body, protects organs and works with muscles to allow movement.
10. Why should we brush our teeth for two minutes twice a day with fluoride toothpaste and limit sugary snacks: bacteria in plaque feed on sugar and make acid that causes tooth decay (cavities), or brushing makes teeth softer?
Bacteria in plaque feed on sugar and make acid that causes tooth decay (cavities)
Brushing removes plaque and protects the hard outer enamel of the teeth.
11. How do skeletal muscles move your bones at a joint (such as the bicep and tricep at your elbow): muscles work in antagonistic pairs that pull on bones by contracting and relaxing, or muscles push bones apart?
Muscles work in antagonistic pairs that pull on bones by contracting and relaxing
Muscles can only pull when they contract; one muscle bends the joint while its partner relaxes, and vice versa.
12. Which bony structure of the skeleton surrounds and protects your brain: the skull (cranium) or the ribcage?
Skull (cranium)
The skull forms a strong protective helmet around the brain.

12 questions · Seed 42 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification