Get ready to test your knowledge Nutrition Jeopardy!

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1 Week 3 Nutrition Get ready to test your knowledge Nutrition Jeopardy! You are going to be playing Jeopardy with your classmates. Your teacher is going to put you into groups of 4 or 5. Write your team name below and put it on your desk.

2 Teacher copy Activity: Nutrition Jeopardy! Time Frame: 30 min Materials: Chalk/whiteboard and chalk/markers Set up: Divide students into groups of 45 and have them sit together as a team. Have each team create a team name Draw a Jeopardy Board on chalk/whiteboard in a grid of 5 rows x 5 columns, with the Score Board of team names to one side. FOOD GROUPS TRUE OR FALSE WHAT FOOD AM I? KNOW YOUR FOODS FOOD AND YOUR BODY Get everyone excited to play! Each team will take turns picking a value in a category. Once a question is used, you can cross it out. Once all questions are crossed out, tally up the points and award the winner! Questions and answers on following page.

3 QUESTION AND ANSWER KEY Correct answer is designated with an asterisk. FOOD GROUPS 1. If this is your lunch, which food groups did you eat?: A turkey sandwich on wheat bread with an apple and a glass of milk a. meat, grain, fruit and milk* 2. Which food group should most of your food come from? a. Fruit b. Vegetables c. Grains* d. Milk e. Meat 3. What food group are blueberry yogurt and strawberry ice cream both part of? a. Milk group* b. Grain group c. Meat group d. Vegetable group e. Fruit group 4. Which of these foods is NOT in the Grain food group? a. Oatmeal b. White rice c. Green beans* d. Brown rice 5. What food groups can you find in the combination food CHEESE PIZZA? a. Vegetable, Milk, Grain*

4 TRUE OR FALSE FACTS 6. True or false: All snacks are bad for you. a. True b. False* 7. Are foods that are high in fat a good source of energy? a. No* b. Yes 8. True or false: All you need is one fruit or vegetable a day to be healthy. a. True b. False* 9. True or false: If your skinny that means you must be healthy a. True b. False* 10. True or false: Making dinner at home is healthier than fast food because you know exactly what you re putting in your meal. a. True* b. False WHAT FOOD AM I? 11. What food am I? I have a pit, I have yellowish/pink fuzzy skin, I grow on trees, I m very juicy. a. Peach* 12. What food am I? I grow on a stalk, I am yellow, when I m dried, you can pop me! a. Corn* 13. What food am I? I am orange, I grow in the ground, and rabbits really like to eat me. a. Carrot* 14. What food am I? I am small and white, I grow in the ground, I have a very strong smell, and in movies, I am used to keep vampires away! a. Garlic* 15. What food am I? I am very large, I grow on a vine, I am green on the outside and pink on the inside, and people eat me in the summer and spit out my seeds a. Watermelon*

5 KNOW YOUR FOODS 16. Which fruit is NOT grown on trees? a. Bananas b. Apples c. Lemons d. Strawberries* 17. What color are kiwi s inside? a. Purple b. Brown c. Green* d. Orange 18. What country is Pasta from? a. Italy* b. America c. Spain d. China 19. If you go out to a restaurant with your family for dinner what is the healthiest side dish you could order out of these: a. French Fries b. A baked potato* c. Macaroni and cheese d. Chips 20. If you re in charge of making breakfast for yourself before camp which is the healthiest breakfast out of these: a. A doughnut b. Bacon and eggs c. A bagel with cream cheese d. A bowl of lowsugar cereal with skim milk* FOOD AND YOUR BODY 21. Which food listed below would help give you strong, healthy bones? a. Peanut butter b. Spaghetti c. Milk* d. Chicken

6 22. Which of the following are the best ways to get exercise? a. Playing video games b. Watching TV c. Playing a sport outside with your friends* 23. What is needed for good health? a. Eating many different kinds of food in your meals in small amounts* b. Eating as much as you possibly can c. Not eating at all d. Eating only food from the meat group 24. If you need some energy for a big soccer game, what would the best snack be? a. a bag of chips b. A banana with some peanut butter* c. a candy bar d. a big mac and frenchfries from McDonalds 25. If you eat a lot of junk food and candy, these things might happen to you, except which one?: a. you ll feel more tired b. you ll never get sick* c. you ll have more trouble concentrating in school d. you won t do as well at sports or running e. you might gain weight