Nutrition Vocabulary
Across
- 4. a triglyceride fat containingat least one unsaturated fatty acid
- 7. a sterol that occurs in all animal tissue
- 9. a sugar involved in plant and animal energy production
- 13. building blocks from which proteins are constructed
- 15. a type of single bond animal or vegetable fat
- 17. rough or coarse material
- 18. a substance obtained by mining
Down
- 1. a fine threadlike piece
- 2. a long string of macromolecules that carry genetic inforomation
- 3. compounds occuring in foods and living tissues, contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water, can be broken down to release energy
- 5. The tendency of a system to mantain internal stability
- 6. milk sugar
- 8. fats, oils, and waxes
- 10. the plant or animal tissue rich in such molecules, considered as a food source supplying essential amino acids to the body
- 11. a group of organic substances essential for normal metabolism
- 12. fruit sugar
- 14. a unit of measure of heat energy
- 16. containint or conveying nutriment