Seth C. Crossword
Across
- 2. each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, excreting urine.
- 3. an odorless tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide that functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet
- 5. derived from living matter.
- 8. a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.
- 11. a chemical element or substance required in trace amounts for the normal growth and development of living organisms.
- 13. 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
- 14. when used on the label or in labeling of a food in a manner that suggests or implies that the food is unprocessed, means that the food is in its raw state and has not been frozen or subjected to any form of thermal processing or any other form of preservation
- 15. light from the sun
- 17. the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended.
- 19. a unit of heat used to indicate the amount of energy that foods will produce in the human body
- 20. the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
Down
- 1. 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.
- 4. 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. 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, especially as structural components of body tissues such as muscle, hair, collagen, etc., and as enzymes and antibodies.
- 7. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose
- 9. mineral found in foods. It is also an electrolyte, which conducts electrical impulses throughout the body
- 10. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
- 12. in good health
- 16. a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
- 18. most plentiful mineral found in the human body