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Health and nutrition flashcards with food groups, exercise, and minerals for Grade 3.
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This 27-card flashcard set covers health and nutrition concepts for third graders, including exercise, food groups, minerals, posture, and healthy eating habits. It features fill-in-the-blank and short-answer prompts about calcium, fiber, nutrients, and the benefits of physical activity. Use it for test review, vocabulary drill, or as reinforcement during a health or wellness unit.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Health & Nutrition
Grade Level:
3rd Grade
Updated February 2025

Terms in This Set

  • What kind of muscles need to be told to move?
  • Which mineral keeps bones and teeth strong?
  • Exercise is any activity that uses your ________.
  • What do we call nutrients that are made in the cells of plants and animals?
  • Endurance exercises strengthen your heart and __________.
  • Sugars and starches in food are called ____________________.
  • How much liquid should you drink in a day?
  • What kind of diet has all the nutrients that you need?
  • What are the substances found in food that help your body grow?
  • Which mineral helps build healthy blood?
  • Does your body digest fiber?
  • If you don't eat properly, it can cause ________________.
  • You should eat foods from each food group every __________.
  • What do you call foods that have labels with nutrition facts and ingredients?
  • The key to being active is to _______________!
  • Energy is the ability to do ___________.
  • What do you call something that you do without thinking?
  • Posture the way that you hold your _______.
  • Why should you drink water instead of soda or tea?
  • What are some ways that exercise helps you?
  • What are some ways that having good posture helps you?
  • Eating _________ will help you feel full and give you energy.
  • Which food group should you eat in a variety of colors?
  • You get fiber, B vitamins, and minerals by eating whole __________.
  • Which food group gives you calcium and protein to build strong bones, muscles and teeth?
  • How many basic food groups are there?
  • Eating __________ helps prevent sickness.

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