Food - Matter and Energy

Nutrition Labels:

1. As a result of looking at food labels, what did you learn about food?
2. Look at the ingredients of one human food label. Write down the food name. What ingredients came from animals?
3. What ingredients in the above food label came from plants?
4. What similarities and differences did you notice between the human food and pet food labels you looked at?
5. Choose an animal/insect from the ecosystem walk. What do you think it eats? Explain what you think it gets from its food.

Answers:

1. I learned that it is easy to tell if a food is healthy by looking at it's label.
2. The ingredient that came from animals is  milk.
3. Tomato puree, soybean oil, sugar, spices, and carrot fiber.
4. The pet food label looks different and seems to have a lot more pure vitamins in them.
5. I think a bird eats worms and other insects and they give it energy and matter.

Reflect & Synthesize:

1. What does food provide to animals, including humans?
2. Do the pet food and human food have the same nutrients? In what ways are they different?
3. Does a higher calorie count mean a food is better for pets to eat? What makes pet owners think that?
4. What is it in food that helps us repair our bodies and grow?
5. What in food helps us move and stay warm?
6. In what way does energy transfer when animals eat food?
7. Look at the nutrition label above for milk. How much energy is in the food?
8. What matter is in the food?

Answer:

1. Food provides matter and energy through calories, proteins, fat, and other nutrients.
2. No, they are different in one way because it says  on the pet food label crude fat, protein, and fiber instead of just regular versions of it.
3. I don't know it doesn't show a calorie count?
4. Matter is the stuff in food that allows us to repair and grow ourselves.
5. Energy is what we need to keep warm and move around.
6. It travels up the food web when it is eaten by a consumer.
7. 160 calories worth of energy.
8. 9 grams of fat worth of matter.