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Food, Energy and
Healthy Eating
Major source of energy and made of
carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and provides
raw materials.
Guidelines that show the amounts of
nutrients humans need every day.
Nutrients that contain nitrogen as well as
carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen your body
needs for growth and tissue repair.
The amount of energy needed to
raise the temperature of 1 gram of
water by 1 ̊Celsius.
One of 20 kinds of organic
compounds that are linked chemically
to one another, forming proteins.
Nutrients that are not made by living
things needed in small amounts to
carry out chemical processes.
Sugar that is a major source of
energy for your body’s cells.
Shows how the nutrients in one
serving fit into a diet of 2,000 Calories
a day.
Substances in food that provide the raw
materials and energy the body needs to
carry out its essential processes.
Helper molecules in your body’s
chemical reactions.
Energy-containing nutrients composed of
carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen that protect your
organs and insulates your body.
Food, Energy and
Healthy Eating
Substance that breaks up fat
particles.
Triangular organ located between the
stomach and the first part of the
small intestine that helps break down
carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
Last section of the
digestive system.
Millions of finger-shaped
structures folded into the inner
surface of the small intestine.
Does many jobs in the body such as
making bile for the digestive system
(largest organ in the body).
Where waste material is compressed
into solid form.
Where bile is stored.
A muscular opening at the end of the
rectum.
Part of the digestive system where most
chemical digestion takes place.
Fluid released by salivary glands
when you eat.
A thick, slippery substance produced
by the body that lines the esophagus.
Flap of tissue that seals off your
windpipe and prevents food from
entering the lungs as you swallow.
J-shaped muscular pouch in the
abdomen.
Process by which your body breaks
down food into small nutrient
molecules.
Muscular tube that connects the
mouth to the stomach.
Waves of involuntary muscle
contractions that push food toward
the stomach.
Process by which nutrient molecules
pass through the wall of your
digestive system into your blood.
Protein that speeds up chemical
reactions in the body.