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You Are What You Eat
First Things First
• Sun’s Energy
– Light
– Heat
• Water
• Minerals
Plants: How do they grow?
• Plants manufacture and store Starch
using Suns energy
• Plants use starch
– Breakdown into its component sugars
– Releases energy for growth
Herbivores: How do they grow?
• Animals eat plants
– Starch is too large to be absorbed directly
– Breakdown starch using enzymes released
in the Digestive System
– Releases energy for growth
Carnivores: How do they grow?
• Animals eat animals
– Prey digested broken down into
smaller particles (Proteins)
– Proteins broken down into Amino Acids
– Absorbed into bloodstream distribute to all
parts of the body
– Amino Acids realign proteins to be used
by body’s cells
– Same parts are found in different order