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DIRECTIONS: Enter the nutritional values for some of your favorite foods.
Favorite Food | Protein(g) | Fat(g) | Carbo- hydrates | Calcium(mg) | Iron(mg) |
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Now use the chart to help you answer the questions below. You will need to refer to a chart that lists the Nutritional Value of Various Insects in order to answer those questions.
- Which insect provides the most protein? _______________________
- Which of your favorite foods provides the most protein?___________
- Which of your favorite foods provides about the same amount of iron as a weevil? ______________________________________________
- Which of your favorite foods provides the most calcium? __________
- Does that food provide more calcium or less calcium than a cricket does? ______
- How much more or less? ______________________
- How much fat does the giant water beetle contain? _______________
- Which of your favorite foods contains the most fat? ______________
- Does it contain more fat or less fat than a giant water beetle does? __________
- How much more or less? ____________________________________
- Which of your favorite foods contains about the same number of carbohydrates as a red ant? __________________________________
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