Food & Water - Grade 4 Science Worksheet 5 - Free Printable

Download this free printable Food & Water worksheet for Grade 4 Science. Perfect for practice, homework, and classroom use.

Grade 4 Science practice

This printable Food & Water worksheet is part of the free WizKidsHub Grade 4 Science collection. Print it at home or in the classroom for extra practice.

What this worksheet teaches

• Explain how everyday water wastage happens at home and calculate a simple way to reduce it.
• Name the main nutrients - carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, water and roughage - and give one food source for each.
• Explain what a deficiency disease is and match common ones to the missing nutrient.
• Describe why roughage and water are needed even though they give no energy.

How to use this worksheet

For the preservation section, find one dried, one salted and one refrigerated item at home and line them up. Writing the answers next to three real examples beats reciting the list.

Sample questions from this worksheet

1. Water exists in how many states?
2. Boiling changes water into:

Frequently asked questions

Which deficiency diseases should my child know?

Typically night blindness (vitamin A), scurvy (vitamin C), rickets (vitamin D), anaemia (iron), goitre (iodine) and beri-beri (vitamin B1) - the set most Grade 4 textbooks use.

Does the worksheet need a science lab or experiment?

No. Everything is answerable on paper, though a two-minute look at kitchen labels and preserved foods makes the answers noticeably stronger.

Is roughage the same as fibre?

Yes. Textbooks at this level use 'roughage', and it means the fibre from vegetables, fruit skins and whole grains that helps the body pass waste.