Food and Nutrients

3. a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent smell. It dissolves in water to give a strongly alkaline solution.
4. a band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body.
6. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
8. break down (food) into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body.
9. any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically
10. any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.

1. any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms.
2. a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.
5. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water (2:1) and typically can be broken down to release energy in the animal body.
7. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.