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Nutrition
Nutrition Continued
Digestion
Digestion
Excretory
100

Recommended daily calorie intake

2000

100
These are necessary for cell growth and repair, and are made of amino acids.
What is Proteins
100
Process that takes place in the large intestine
What is Water is absorbed by undigested food
100

Organ in which food moves to after leaving the stomach

What is small intestine

100
Tiny filtering factory that removes wastes from blood and produces urine
Nephron (Each Kidney has about one million nephrons!)
200
Nutrient that is made up of amino acids
What is proteins
200
Calcium, sodium,magnesium, and iron are examples of
What is minerals
200
Important substances (like oxygen) are carried to the body cells by
What is blood
200

Organ in which food moves to after leaving esophagus

What is stomach

200
Excretory organ eliminates water and some chemical wasted in perspiration.
What is skin
300

In addition to carbs, proteins, fats, and vitamins/minerals, what is one additional nutrient the body needs?

What is water

300
Nutrients that include fiber and simple sugars
What is carbohydrates
300

Purpose of the pancreas

Provide enzymes for digestion

300

Organ in the digestive system that helps but does not contain the food

Gallbladder, liver, pancreas

300

Excretory organ that tranfers waste from the kidneys to the bladder

What is the ureters

400

The measurement used for energy.

calories

400
The energy in your body comes from
What is food
400
Substance in the mouth that contains an enzyme that begins chemical digestion
What is saliva
400

Released by the pancreas, helps lower blood sugar. Think diabetes!

What is insulin

400
Organ of the excretory system that stores urine until the body is ready to eliminate it.
What is Urinary Bladder
500

What kind of carbs are preferred because they produce longer-term energy?

What is complex carbs

500

One role of fats

Cushion and protect organs

500

What kind of digestion primarily takes place in the stomach?

What is chemical digestion

500

Proteins and carbohydrates are ________ calories while fats are ________calories. HINT look at your "what's in my food" activity

What is carbs 4, proteins 4, fats 9

500
Function of the excretory system
What is collect and remove wastes from the body