The document is a vegetable worksheet that contains various activities about classifying, cooking, and nutritive value of vegetables. It includes anagrams to solve different vegetable classifications, a mind map exercise on vegetable nutrients, matching cooking methods to vegetables, and explaining effects of different cooking techniques. The goal is to help students learn about the different types of vegetables and how to best prepare them in a healthy way.

1. Vegetable Worksheet
Solve the following anagrams and discover the classification of vegetables
ROOTS GREENS FRUIT VEG PULSES
TOCRARS BACGEBA OMTEOTAS EPAS
TOPTAO UELTCET GTECOTESUR ENBAS
PINURT ICOBRCLLO MERBUCUC NTELLIS
OOINN WFILRLWCUAOE IGNAEREUB
PASRNIP OPRSTU BSURSLE EPPPRES
ADSIRH ALKE KPMUNI
Tippex out the jumbled up letters once you fill in the correct
word underneath it
Nutritive Value:
Draw a mind map in the space below to help you remember the nutrients
found in vegetables
List three reasons why vegetables are important in the diet

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Explain what the various classes of fresh vegetables mean.
Class Description
Class Extra
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Which class of vegetable is likely to be the most expensive?
The following is a list of cooking methods. Name two vegetables in each
case which could be cooked by each method:
 Boiling _________ _________
 Stir-Fry _________ _________
 Frying _________ _________
 Steaming _________ __________
 Roasting _________ __________
 Baking _________ __________
 Grilling _________ __________
 Stewing _________ __________
Write down the rules you should follow when preparing vegetables in
order to prevent nutrient loss
Effects of cooking on vegetables
Match the points given in A with suitable ending in B
A B

3. Loss of vitamin C So the texture changes
The starch cooks So they swell
The cellulose softens So use it for soups and sauces
Vegetables absorb water So avoid overcooking
Minerals dissolve into cooking
liquid
So the vegetables become more
digestible
Loss of colour and flavour So eat raw when possible
Now list the points that you have put together
Al Dente means: