Across
- 1. a muscular organ located on the left side of the upper abdomen.
- 6. An enzyme made in the stomach that breaks down
- 8. the population proportion that exists, or lives, below the poverty threshold.
- 9. proteins that help speed up metabolism, or the chemical reactions in our bodies.
Down
- 2. any substance that in water solution tastes sour, changes blue litmus paper to red, reacts with some metals to liberate hydrogen, reacts with bases to form salts, and promotes chemical reactions
- 3. foods uncooked, unprocessed, mostly organic foods.
- 4. any substance that increases the rate of a reaction without itself being consumed.
- 5. the complex process of turning the food you eat into nutrients,
- 6. in food during digestion.
- 7. digestive enzymes break down proteins in food to provide amino acids for the organism,