Across
- 5. process of maintaining a steady state inside the body
- 9. smaller "links" that are bound together chemically in proteins
- 11. amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down
- 12. necessary for red blood cells
- 13. a complex carbohydrate found in plants
- 14. number of essential amino acids
- 15. what supplies your body with energy, forms your cells, maintains body temperature, and protects your nerves
Down
- 1. a waxy, fatlike substance that is only found in animal products
- 2. occur naturally in rocks and soil
- 3. which type of vitamins can be stored in the body to be used later?
- 4. maintains water balance in body
- 6. chemical reaction in the body that changes food to energy
- 7. made when manufacturers add hydrogen to the fat molecules in vegetable oils
- 8. helps protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer
- 10. this causes weakness, rapid breathing, and a weak heartbeat