Vegetables Quiz — Test Your MyPlate Food Group Knowledge

Vegetables Quiz

Test your knowledge of the vegetable group, its subgroups, and how much you need, based on USDA MyPlate guidance.

1. About how much of your plate should be fruits and vegetables?

• One quarter
• One half
• Three quarters
• All of it

2. Eating a diet with lots of vegetables and fruit is good for you.

• True
• False

3. What vitamin gives carrots and sweet potatoes their orange color?

• Vitamin C
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin K

4. Which of these is a subgroup of vegetables?

• Citrus vegetables
• Dark-green vegetables
• White-meat vegetables
• Sweet vegetables

5. You should only eat raw vegetables because if you cook vegetables, all of the vitamins are "cooked away."

• True
• False

6. What color vegetable should you eat the most?

• Green
• Orange
• A variety of colors
• Red

7. Which of these foods is actually a fruit in plant biology?

• Broccoli
• Spinach
• Tomatoes
• Carrot

8. What food group are beans, peas, and lentils counted in?

• Vegetable Group only
• Protein Foods Group only
• Vegetable and Protein Foods Groups
• Grains Group

9. Carrots, onions, and sweet potatoes are all vegetables. What part of a plant are they?

• Leaf
• Stem
• Root
• Flower

10. What are these?

• Asparagus spears
• Green beans
• Celery
• Leeks

The basics

Vegetables supply vitamins, minerals, and fiber, and count whether fresh, frozen, canned, dried, or 100% juice — raw or cooked. Eating a range of colors widens the mix of nutrients you get. MyPlate sorts vegetables into five subgroups:

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