Question 1:
What are fats?
What are fats?
Answer:
Fats are a type of organic carbon compounds containing the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Question 2:
Give one example of fats and the source.
Give one example of fats and the source.
Answer:
Butter from cow’s milk
Question 3:
State one similarity and one difference between saturated fats and unsaturated fats.
State one similarity and one difference between saturated fats and unsaturated fats.
Answer:
Similarity:
Organic compounds containing the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Difference:
Sources of saturated fats are animals while sources of unsaturated fats are plants.
Question 4:
State three health problems caused by food intake which contains excess fats.
State three health problems caused by food intake which contains excess fats.
Answer:
Jaundice, hypertension or high blood pressure, thrombosis, stroke, heart attack
(any three)