Healthy Choices, Healthy Bodies
Healthy Bodies at Work

Building Blocks
Chemistry Vocabulary and Stems
100

What are calories?

A measure of the energy in food.

100

What is Metabolism?

The set of chemical reactions
involved in storing fuel (food)
molecules and converting fuel
(food) molecules into energy.

100

What is an Organic nutrient?

Nutrients that contain carbon.

100

What is Matter?

Anything that has mass and

takes up space.



200

What is Obesity?

The state of being very overweight.

200

What is Basal Metabolic Rate?

The energy required to keep the

body alive.

200

What is an Inorganic nutrient?

Nutrients that do not contain carbon.

200

What is Chemistry?

The study of the properties of

matter and how matter

changes.


300

What is a Stroke?

An event that occurs when there is

a lack of blood flow to the brain

and can damage brain tissue.

300

What is Homoeostasis?

The process that living things use

to keep the body in balance.

300

What is a Carbohydrate?

Molecules made of carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
These molecules are the body’s
main source of energy.

300

What is an atom?

The basic particle from which all elements are made.



400

What are Type 2 Diabetes?

A disease marked by the inability to

properly process sugar that results

in high blood sugar.

400
What is the respiratory system?

Takes up oxygen from the air we breathe and expels the unwanted carbon dioxide.

400

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. 

400

What is a Subatomic Particle?

Small particles that make up

atoms; protons, neutrons, and

electrons



500

What is a heart attack?

Occurs when an artery that sends blood and oxygen to the heart is blocked.

500

What is energy?

The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.

500

What are fats?

Molecules made of carbon,

hydrogen and oxygen that provide

energy and help your body absorb

vitamins. Also called lipids. 

500

What is a Proton?

Positively charged subatomic

particle found in the nucleus

of an atom.