Colors of Food
This color group includes bananas and corn and gives us quick energy.
What is yellow?
What is a carrot?
This group gives us energy and includes bread, pasta, and rice.
What are grains?
This is where most fruits and vegetables begin their life.
What is a farm?
I'm green, part of the leaf, and full of iron. You'll find me in salads, and I help your muscles grow.
What is spinach?
This color groups helps our brain stay strong.
What is blue/purple?
This part of the plant can be both eaten and used to grow new plants--like beans, corn, or sunflower kernels.
What is a seed?
This food group helps our muscles grow strong and includes foods like chicken, beans, and tofu.
What is protein?
What is sunlight and water?
I'm technically a fruit, but many think I'm a vegetable. I'm red, grow above ground, and help your heart.
What is a tomato?
Red fruits and vegetables like strawberries and tomatoes help this part of the body stay healthy.
What is the heart?
Name two foods we eat that are actually flowers of the plant.
What are broccoli and cauliflower? (answers may vary)
This food group is full of calcium and helps our bones and teeth stay strong.
What is diary?
This type of transportation is used to carry large amounts of food across long distances.
What is a truck or freight vehicle?
I'm a white vegetable from the stem part of the plant. I can be roasted, mashed, or eaten raw. Though pale, I help fight disease and support your immune system.
What is cauliflower?
These foods are orange and help keep your eyes healthy.
What are carrots? (or orange foods)
What is a stem?
This food group helps your body with digestion and staying full. It includes foods that are crunchy, colorful, and grow in the ground or on trees.
What are vegetables?
Foods that come from far away may need boats, trucks, or planes. What is one way this affects the planet?
What is it creates more pollution (or carbon emissions)?
I'm part of the seed group, high in protein, and often mashed or made into hummus. I grow in a pod.
What is a chickpea (or garbanzo bean)?
Red, orange, yellow, green, and blue/purple. These food colors each help a different part of your body. Match each color to what it helps.
What are:
Red = Heart
Orange = Eyes
Yellow = Skin
Green = Muscles
Blue/Purple = Brain
Match these foods to their plant parts:
Broccoli, peas, potato, apple, lettuce
What are:
Broccoli = Flower
Peas = Seed
Potato = Root (or technically a tuber)
Apple = Fruit
Lettuce = Leaf
Name all give food groups used to build a balanced meal.
What are fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and diary?
Name the stages in the correct farm-to-table order.
What is: planting -> growing -> harvesting -> transporting -> market/store -> table/eating
I'm a root vegetable that's not orange. I can be red, yellow, or rainbow. I support brain health and grow underground.
What is a beet?