Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are most commonly found in this food type.
What are grains?
The three types of lipids are phospholipids, steroids, and glycerides, which are this lipid in our food.
What are fats?
Proteins are made of these four elements.
What are hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Nucleic acids primary function.
What is makeup of genetic material?
This mineral helps maintain strong bones.
What is calcium?
This ancient technology allowed humans to heat their food up to kill bacteria.
What is controlled fire?
Name an artificial sugar additive.
What is sucralose, dextrose, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, and aspartame?
Name the monosaccharide that tastes sweet.
What is fructose?
Name one of the two main functions of carbohydrates in the body.
What are energy consumption and energy storage?
Name the two types of fats that are less healthy.
What are saturated fats and trans-saturated fats?
Proteins are chains of these, one of which is proline.
What are amino acids?
The acronym DNA stands for this.
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
This mineral helps maintain healthy hemoglobin.
What is iron?
This technology allowed humans to store food, especially dairy and meat products, for longer times.
What is refridgeration/freezing?
Carbohydrates and Proteins contain this many calories per gram.
What is 4 calories per gram?
Name the two monosaccharides that make up sucrose?
What is glucose and fructose?
The two categories of carbohydrates.
What are monosaccharides and polysaccharides?
Name the two types of fats that are healthy.
What are unsaturated fats and omega fatty acids?
There are ____ amino acids.
What is 20?
The acronym RNA stands for this.
What is Ribonucleic Acid?
This letter of vitamin has many variations.
What are the "B" vitamins?
This technology allowed the world's farmers to need less laborers during the 1800-1900s.
What is machinery/replaceable parts/vehicles?
Lipids do not mix with water. This is called...
What is hydrophobic?
This is the basic sugar molecule from which all other carbohydrates are built.
What is glucose.
Tthe 3 elements found in all carbohydrates.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
Fats pack tightly in the body and are made primarily of these two elements.
What are carbon and hydrogen?
These are proteins commonly found in the mouth and stomach that assist in chemical reactions and breaking down food.
What are enzymes?
Name the 4 (5 science blue) nitrogen bases that form nucleic acids.
What are thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine (uracil).
This category of vitamins are the kind that our body cannot produce on its own.
What are essential vitamins?
This technology allowed ancient humans to control and regulate water flow and plant crops.
What is irrigation?
Testosterone, cholesterol, and progesterone are types of this.
What are steroids?
Name the monosaccharide that makes up DNA.
What is Ribose?
Name one of the three polysaccharides that deal with energy storage.
What are starches, glycogen, and cellulose?
Fats contain this many calories per gram.
What is 9 calories per gram of fat?
Name a type of food that contains all 9 of the essential amino acids.
What is a complete protein? ex. beef, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, soy, quinoa and buckwheat.
Name the three parts that make up a nucleotide.
What are phosphate group, sugar, and nitrogen base.
This mineral helps the immune system along with injury repair.
What is zinc?
This modern technology has allowed scientist to alter foods to make them resistant to pests and pesticides.
What are Genetically Modified Organisms?
These two macromolecules make up the cell membrane and cytoskeleton.
What are proteins and phospholipids?
Name the two monosaccharides that make up lactose.
What are galactose and glucose?