Brody Svoboda- Chapter 2 Vocab.

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Across
  1. 4. The maintenance of stable levels of acid and bases in body fluid
  2. 5. Heat, Acids, bases, alcohol etc. can cause the structure of a protein molecule to change
  3. 6. Plants
  4. 10. A condition caused by a lack of calories and protein in a person's eating pattern
  5. 13. The building blocks of protein molecules
  6. 15. The nine amino acids your body can't make
  7. 16. Plant that have the special ability to capture nitrogen from the air and transfer it to their protein-rich seeds
  8. 17. The practice of making eating choices consisting entirely or largely of plant foods
  9. 18. A compound that can counteract an excess of either acid or base in a fluid
Down
  1. 1. Animal foods
  2. 2. A sickness caused by the lack of an essential balance
  3. 3. Two or more incomplete proteins that can be combined to provide all the essential amino acids
  4. 7. Proteins that defend your body from diseases and infection
  5. 8. A wasting disease caused by a lack of calories and protein
  6. 9. A comparison of the nitrogen a person consumes with the nitrogen he or she excretes
  7. 11. A energy-yielding macronutrient composed of carbon
  8. 12. The 11 amino acids your body can make
  9. 14. A protein deficiency disease