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Scientific Eye: Life and Living Processes 3
 
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Energy for Life

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Activity 4
How Much Food do you Need?

Some people need more energy than others.

  • Draw a bar graph using the information in the table.
 

Energy used in a day (kJ)

 

Male

Female

8 year old

8500

8500

14 year old

12500

9700

adult office worker

11000

9800

adult manual worker

15000

12500

pregnant women

 

10000

breast-feeding mother

 

11500

a. Why does a 14 year old need more energy than an 8 year old?
b. Why does a 14-year-old boy need more energy than a 14-year-old girl?
c. Why does a builder need more energy than a secretary?
d. Why does a woman need more energy when she is pregnant?
e. Why does a woman need more energy when she is breast feeding?