Healthy Choices, Healthy Bodies
What are calories?
A measure of the energy in food.
What is Metabolism?
The set of chemical reactions
involved in storing fuel (food)
molecules and converting fuel
(food) molecules into energy.
What is an Organic nutrient?
Nutrients that contain carbon.
What is Matter?
Anything that has mass and
takes up space.
What is Obesity?
The state of being very overweight.
What is Basal Metabolic Rate?
The energy required to keep the
body alive.
What is an Inorganic nutrient?
Nutrients that do not contain carbon.
What is Chemistry?
The study of the properties of
matter and how matter
changes.
What is a Stroke?
An event that occurs when there is
a lack of blood flow to the brain
and can damage brain tissue.
What is Homoeostasis?
The process that living things use
to keep the body in balance.
What is a Carbohydrate?
Molecules made of carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
These molecules are the body’s
main source of energy.
What is an atom?
The basic particle from which all elements are made.
What are Type 2 Diabetes?
A disease marked by the inability to
properly process sugar that results
in high blood sugar.
Takes up oxygen from the air we breathe and expels the unwanted carbon dioxide.
What is a Protein?
A large molecule made up of amino
acids containing carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen and nitrogen whose main
function is growth and repair.
What is a Subatomic Particle?
Small particles that make up
atoms; protons, neutrons, and
electrons
What is a heart attack?
Occurs when an artery that sends blood and oxygen to the heart is blocked.
What is energy?
The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
What are fats?
Molecules made of carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen that provide
energy and help your body absorb
vitamins. Also called lipids.
What is a Proton?
Positively charged subatomic
particle found in the nucleus
of an atom.