Homeostasis
This is the body’s ability to keep everything in a state of balance. This happens in every cell of an organism’s body.
Homeostasis
The characteristic of life described as 'forming offspring like themselves'.
Living things reproduce
List one example of each: carb, fat, protein
Examples:
Carb - bread, pasta, etc.
Fat - butter, oil, etc.
Protein - meat, beans, etc.
List 4 of the 6 nutrients
Carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, water
Mango
This term is a word for single-celled organisms
Unicellular
The characteristic of life described as 'they increase in size'
Living things grow
This term is defined as the amount of heat it takes to raise 1000 g of water 1 ̊C.
Calorie
This nutrient is used as the first source of energy
Carbohydrates
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Nutella
This term is the belief that living things were ‘born’ from nonliving matter.
Abiogenesis
The two characteristics of living things that involve changes based on outside factors
Livings things respond and living things adapt to their environment
This is the total amount of each nutrient that you need for proper health
Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) or percent daily value (%DV)
This nutrient is important because it:
Cools the body (sweat)
Allows chemicals to travel within our body
Helps carry away waste
Water
The most stolen food in the world
Cheese
This occurs when we are not in a state of homeostasis
We can get sick or even die
The process that happens in all cells to turn food into energy
Cellular respiration
The order in which you use nutrients for a source of energy
1. carbs 2. fats 3. protein
The number of calories per gram of each nutrient
Carbs: 4g
Fats: 9g
Protein: 4g
The amount of sugar in a 355mL can of pop (in # of teaspoons)
10-12 teaspoons
The order of the biological levels of organization (hint: from smallest to largest)
Cell -> Tissue -> Organ -> Organ System
Living things need food and are grouped into two types of living things. These types are
Producers and consumers
The amount of calcium you would require from other food sources, if you got 20% from a glass of milk.
80%
This nutrient is required to form different cell parts. (hint: you can find them on the periodic table of elements)
Minerals (ex: sodium, calcium, iron)
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