fighting disease
Nutrition
Guarding Your Health
Mixed bag
100

a kind of illness or sickness often caused by tiny organisms

disease

100
the study of food and eating right to stay healthy

nutrition

100

What are the benefits of exercise

keeps muscles, heart strong and blood vessels open

100
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water are the six __ needed by the body to stay healthy.

nutrients

200

a way your body fights off harmful organisms

defense

200

a nutrient in foods that supplies the body with energy, but we shouldn't eat a lot of it.

fat

200

Too much cholesterol can block your 

blood vessels, and arteries

200

according to the __, you should have the most servinges from the bread/cereal vegetable group

food pyramid/my plate

300

a very small disease causing particle that uses other parts of the cell to replicate itself.

Virus

300

a nutrient in foods that builds and repair tissues

Protien

300

my bronchi and air sacs are filled with tar, what have I been doing?

smoking, vaping, smoking Marijuana

300

a harmful substance found in vape/cigarettes is__.

Nicotine

400

the most important defense for the human body

Skin

400

an inorganic substance found in water and some foods

mineral

400

washing my hands, vaccinations, covering my mouth when I sneeze all help

fight disease and viruses

400

AIDS is caused by a virus called

HIV

500

I fight off bacteria that enters the body

white cells

500

a nutrient found in tiny amounts in many plant and animal foods

vitamin

500

____ in your nose help keep harmful organisms out of your body

Hair

500

a very small disease-causing particle

virus