A process by which living organisms take in food and use it to grow, stay healthy, and have energy.
Nutrition
Nutrients we need in larger amounts because they provide us with most of our energy
Macronutrients
Nutrients we need in smaller amounts, but they are still super important.
Micronutrients
What are the large organic compounds formed from hundreds or thousands of smaller molecules?
Macromolecules
Is the science that studies the composition, structure, and properties of matter and the changes that undergoes.
Chemistry
What are the substances in food that our bodies need to grow, stay healthy, and have energy?
Nutrients
What are the 3 types of macronutrients?
Carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
What are the 2 types of micronutrients?
Vitamins and minerals
What is the type of macromolecule that stores energy, forms cell membranes, and carries messages?
Lipids
The ________ is the building block of matter.
Atom
Why is nutrition essential?
What nutrients protect organs?
Fats
What are organic compounds that the body needs in small amounts to function properly?
Vitamins
The molecule that contains instructions for proteins, passes instructions from parents to offspring, helps make proteins
Nucleic Acid
___________ is anything that takes up space and has weight.
Matter
What are the essential nutrients?
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals.
Type of macronutrient used for growth to repair body cells and tissue and for maintenance?
Protein
What are the chemical elements that are needed for body processes?
Minerals
Type of macromolecule that provides energy to cells, stores energy, and forms body structures?
What is a substance made up of two or more different chemical elements?
Compound
What are the 2 groups of nutrients?
Macronutrients and micronutrients.
These are starches and sugars that provide energy.
Carbohydrates.
Humans need_____ different vitamins.
13
It helps cells keep their shape, makes up muscles, speeds up chemical reactions, and carries messages and materials.
Protein
Type of science that studies the chemical substances and processes that occur in plants, animals, and microorganisms
Biochemisrty