Nutrition and Wellness

12345678910111213141516171819
Across
  1. 2. newly; recently.
  2. 5. is the most plentiful mineral found in the human body.
  3. 7. deficient in weight, especially by a specified amount.
  4. 10. a chemical element or substance required in trace amounts for the normal growth and development of living organisms.
  5. 11. a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates. Its molecule comprises four subunits, each containing an iron atom bound to a heme group.
  6. 14. a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
  7. 15. the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended.
  8. 16. 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.
  9. 17. is a mineral found in foods. It is also an electrolyte, which conducts electrical impulses throughout the body.
  10. 18. the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C (now usually defined as 4.1868 joules).
  11. 19. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
Down
  1. 1. in good health.
  2. 3. light from the sun.
  3. 4. an odorless tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes.
  4. 6. any of a group of organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
  5. 8. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose.
  6. 9. each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, excreting urine.
  7. 12. of, relating to, or derived from living matter.
  8. 13. a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.
  9. 17. are an essential part of all living organisms, especially as structural components of body tissues such as muscle, hair, collagen, etc., and as enzymes and antibodies.