WAEC (WASSCE) Biology · Plant and animal nutrition
Food substances, balanced diet and food tests: WAEC Biology Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Food substances, balanced diet and food tests
Our summary: The classes of food and their sources, why a balanced diet matters, and simple tests for food substances.
- Food substances; classes and sources (Local examples as sources of food substance should be given. Reference should be made to food relationship between plants and animals.)
- Balanced diet and its importance (Importance of each class of food in a balanced diet should be stressed. Candidates should relate the idea of balanced diet to their own diet. Malnutrition and its effects on humans should be mentioned.)
- Food tests (Tests for starch, reducing sugar, protein, fats and oil should be carried out.)
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WAEC (WASSCE) Biology questions on Food substances, balanced diet and food tests
- WAEC 2024Sunlight is the major source of
- WAEC 2024Which of the following food substances would give a negative reaction with Benedict's reagent?
- WAEC 2023The food substance that would produce the highest amount of energy is
- WAEC 2022The major source of vitamin A are ?
- WAEC 2018By what process is starch converted into maltose?
- WAEC 2015A student used the following step in testing for a non-reducing sugar. I. added Benedict's solution to the sugar solution II. added dilute hydrochloric acid to…
- WAEC 2015A student used the following steps in testing for a non-reducing sugar. I. added Benedict's solution to the sugar solution ll. added dilute hydrochloric acid to…
- WAEC 2014A meal consisting of yam and a lot of vegetables is not balanced because it does not contain
- WAEC 2014In a Biuret test , some protein was mixed with sodium hydroxide solution. Which of the following chemicals should be added to the mixture for a positive result?
- WAEC 2013Which of the following substances is not complex carbohydrate?
- WAEC 2013The correct arrangement of food classes of the same quantity in the order of magnitude of energy value in animals in descending order is
- WAEC 2012The bones of the legs of a six years old boy are observed to be weak and crooked. Which of the following elements were deficient in his mother’s diet at…
- WAEC 2012Which of the following food substances will have little or no calorific value?
- WAEC 2012Excess carbohydrates can be stored in the muscles in the form
- WAEC 2012The purpose of proteins in the diet of a mammal is to
- WAEC 2011A purple colour was obtained when sodium hydroxide solution and a drop of copper sulphate solution were added to a food substance. The food substance is likely…
- WAEC 2011Which of the following groups of substances are not six-carbon compounds?
- WAEC 2010In which of the following organic compounds is the hydrogen-oxygen ratio equal to 2:1?
- WAEC 2010A man suffering from obesity must avoid meals containing
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