Across
- 2. a breakfast food made from roasted grain
- 3. regulates diverse biochemical reactions in the body, including protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and blood pressure regulation
- 4. those elements on the earth and in foods that our bodies need to develop and function normally
- 5. the ability to do work
- 7. an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering
- 8. a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates
- 9. a substance or ingredient that promotes growth, provides energy, and maintains life
- 11. a plant in the family fabaceae, or the fruit or seed of such a plant
Down
- 1. parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food
- 5. a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein
- 6. the only tissue in the body that has the ability to contract and therefore move the other parts of the body
- 10. a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible
