FOOD AND WATER, STIMULANTS, ETC. 95 



QUESTIONS. 



SECTION I. 1, What is food ? 



2, What kinds of material are necessary for the repair of the 

 body ? 



3, How many elements are found in the body? Name them. 

 Give the number of parts in a hundred of the four most abundant. 



4, Name two elements which are found in almost every article 

 of food. 



5, Do we need in our food any other elements than the fifteen 

 contained in our bodies ? 



6, Where are these fifteen elements found? Name a great dis- 

 tinction between plants and animals. 



7, What is the great work of plants ? 



8, Are all plants food for man? Why not? 



9, What do we infer as to man's food from his teeth ? 



10, What article of food is the best combination of the necessary 

 elements? 



11, Of what does man's ordinary diet consist? 



12, Of meats, which is the best? What objection is there to 

 pork? Wliat is the value of veal as food? Of lamb? Of mutton? 



13, How does fish differ from flesh ? 



14, Which are the best of the shell-fish ? 



17. What are included in the term " starchy foods " ? How many 

 parts of starch in a hundred of dried wheat? Of dried oats? Of 

 dried rice ? 



18. What do the grains contain besides starch ? What are the 

 advantages of the different grains ? 



19. What is the most popular vegetable? 



20. Why are pease and beans valuable ? 



22. Is sugar useful as a food ? 



23. Wliat is butter ? 



24. What is the use of cooking ? 



25. What is the danger in eating meat raw ? 



26. What gain is there in cooking starchy foods ? 



27. What are the essential points for good bread ? 



28. What makes bread light f What makes bread heavy ? What 

 makes bread sour ? 



