SOLE, Food For Thought

Emily, Ben, Peyton and James

Can carrots improve your eyesight?

Carrots won’t improve your eyesight if you have less than perfect vision. Carrots won’t give blind people perfect eyesight but there are vitamins found in carrots that help eye health. In Middle Ages carrots were believed to cure anything. Carrots cannot improve vision but they are a good source of vitamin A. There is no food that can improve eyesight including carrots. In Ww2 Britain’s air ministry started to spread the word that eating carrots helps your vision to see at night.

Why do leaves turn different colors?

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There are cells in every leaf that give the leaf its green colour. The chemical in the leaf takes in all the sunlight and take in energy. They and transforms by using the carbon dioxide and water and carbohydrates, such as sugars and starch. A leaf has green pigments and yellow pigments .there is also orange pigments. Pigments are natural colouring of animals or plants. Carbohydrates are compounds such as sugars, starches and cellulose

How Do Plants Grow From Seeds? 

Each seed contains a tiny plant inside that will grow over time. The plan waits inside the seed until its ready to grow also seeds are very small When seeds are planted the grow roots. There are three things plants need to grow sunlight food and water. Plants use photosynthesis to convert energy into food. Seed germination is a process by which a seed embryo develops into a seedling. Some seeds have no embryo

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

Jenson, Matthew, Jumah

 To get water from the other side. To get food from the other side. To get away from predators. To just get to the other side. To go and breed. To get to their chicks. To prove he wasn’t a chicken. To get away from poachers. To get home. So it doesn’t get cooked. To get stuff for shelter. Because I chased it with my deep fryer.

Why Do Food Have Different Tastes?

Tastes buds are what make you tastes the foods that you eat.  Everyone has 4 types of tastes bud. The 4 tastes buds are sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Tastes buds are little bumps. There are1000s of bumps. The tastes buds are on your tongue. Are tastes buds are a big part of how we tastes foods.  Are foods have different tastes because every food has a flavor of its own.       

Why do some foods have fat in them?

Tran’s fats are east to use to produce and last a long time. Trans fat give food good taste and texture. Many restaurants and fast food places use trans-fat. You should avoid trans-fat it is bad for your heart. Tran’s fat can give you heart disease. Tran’s fat raises cholesterol if you eat it. If you eat too much fat you can get heart stroke. Foods have fat in them because it makes the food taste better