Across
- 2. waxy, fatlike substance, found in animal parts
- 4. What supplies energy for body's functions
- 6. chemical process by which our body breaks down food to release this energy
- 9. protect healthy cells from damage caused by aging as well as certain types of cancer
- 12. red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin
- 13. nutrients contain nitrogen as well as carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
- 14. functioning of the heart and water balance
Down
- 1. Regulate many processes in your cells
- 3. Weakness, rapid breathing, weak heartbeat
- 5. maintaining a steady-state inside body
- 7. nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soils
- 8. amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down is measured in units
- 10. helps prevent constipation, may prevent heart disease and reduce the risk of colon cancer
- 11. Healthy red blood cells