General Science II, Health and Nutrition, Test

steps of digestion from start to finish:

- Carbs changed to sugar - Proteins broken down to amino acids - Fats converted to fatty acids - Nutrients carried to cells

essential nutrients

- carbohydrates - fats - proteins - minerals

hair on the head will accumulate

- oil - sweat

Pasteur

Christian scientist who formulated the idea that diseases were the result of germs

Preservative

a chemical which is added to food to retard spoilage (NO BUENO FOR THE BODY)

Vit D

builds bones

proteins

complex molecules made from amino acids

rickets

disease caused by lack of sunshine and Vitamin D

inherited diseases

diseases passed down from parents

scurvy

excessive weakness, bruising, bleeding into the tissues symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency

beriberi

extreme lack of Vitamin B1

pesticides

general name for chemicals which are used to rid insects from crops (NO BUENO)

nutrients in junk food

have been destroyed by the food processing process

foods with the largest portions on My Plate

have the highest nutritional value

Vit E

healthy cells

Many plants contain

minerals

esophagus

moves food from the mouth to the stomach

Vit B

nervous system

Vit A

night vision

allergy

physical reaction to a specific food

Vit C

resists infection

plaque

sticky film which forms on and in between teeth from bacteria