General Sciences II - Unit 4: Health and Nutrition - Foods and digestion

Water makes up about "blank" percent of the human body

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put these steps of digestion in the order they occur fats converted to fatty acids proteins are broken down to amino acids nutrients carried to cells carbohydrates changed to sugar

Carbs, Protein, Fats, Nutrients

What will sunshine help produce in the body?

Vitamin D

Iron is needed by the "blank" cells of your body to carry oxygen

blood

Vitamin D

builds bones

Nutrients which are made from carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and found in starchy foods are

carbohydrates

The nutrients which provide a source of quick energy are

carbohydrates

Name four of the six essential nutrients

carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins, and water

plasma

carries dissolved minerals from digested food

The process of breaking down food into particles small enough to be delivered to each cell is called:

digestion

salivia

enzyme that changes carbohydrates into sugar

The pancreas and gall bladder secrete "blank" into the small intestine

enzymes

Water "blank' from your body constantly

evaporates

The primary function of vitamins is to supply energy to the body true or false

false

The trachea moves food from the mouth to the stomach true or false

false

Vitamins and minerals are broken down into simpler substance in the small intestine true or false

false

Oily vegetable or animal substances are

fats

Vitamin E

healthy cells

The mineral found in seafood and table salt is:

iodine

iodine is a:

mineral

Vitamin B

nervous system

Vitamin A

night vision

Amino acids are building blocks of all

proteins

Complex molecules made from amino acids are called

proteins

Vitamin C

resists infection

The disease cause by lack of sunshine and vitamin D is called:

rickets

kidneys

takes care of waste from cells

Evaporation of water from your body helps maintain correct body:

temperature

Proteins are the building blocks of cells true or false

true

stomach

where hydrochloric acid breaks down proteins

small intestine

where the gall bladder/pancreas secrete enzymes into