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60 Cards in this Set
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Where are nutrients found
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food
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What does our body need from food
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nutrients
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What does nutrients provide
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energy and materials for cell develpment, growth, and repair
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What do we need energy for
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every day activity and to maintain a steady internal temperature
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What are the classes of nutrients
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proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, water
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What is proteins used for
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to replace and repair body cells and for growth
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What is protein made up of
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amino acids
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What is protein found in
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eggs, milk, cheese, meat
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How are essential amino acids supplied
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by food
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What is the main source of energy for your body
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carbohydrates
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What is carbohydrates made up of
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carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
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What holds the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms together
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energy
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What type of carbohydrate is sugar
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simple
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What type of carbohydrate is starch and fiber
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complex
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What are the two types of carbohydrates
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simple and complex
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What foods are sugar found in
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fruits, honey, milk
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Where are starches found
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potatoes and pasta
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where are fiber found
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whole grain breads, beans, peas
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Another name for fats
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lipids
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What provides energy and help your body absorb vitamins
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fats
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What is excess energy converted into
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fat
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What is fat a good storage unit for
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energy
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What are the two types of fat
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unsaturated and saturated
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What determines if fats are classifed by unsaturated or saturated
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chemical structure
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What are saturated fats associated with
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cholesterol
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What is needed for growth, regulating body functions, and preventing disease
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vitamins
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A well balanced diet gives your body all the needed what
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vitamins
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What are the two groups of vitamins
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water soluble and fat soluble
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What are inorganic nutrients
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minerals
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What regulates many chemical reactions in your body
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minerals
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What two minerals are most used by the body
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calcium and phosphorus
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What is required for survival
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water
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What do cells need to carry out there work
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water
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What dissolves most of the nutrients your body needs
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water
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What percent water is the human body
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60%
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How does your body lose water
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sweat, exhale, waste
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No food has every nutrient we need so how do we get all the nutrients we need
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by eating different types of food
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What helps people select foods that supply all the nutrients that they need
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the food pyramid
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Foods that contain the same nutrients belong to what
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a food group
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What are the five food groups
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Bread and cereal
vegetables fruit milk meat |
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How can the food pyramid help you maintain good health
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Tells you how many servings of each food group you should eat for proper nutrients
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A type of protein that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction in your body
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enzymes
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hat breaks down food into small molecules that can be absorbed by blood
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digestion
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Two types of digestion
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mechanical and chemical
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What type of digestion is when food is chewed, mixed, and churned
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mechanical digestion
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What type of digestion is when a chemical reaction breaks down food
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chemical digestion
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What is involved in the giestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
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enzymes
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What type of organ has food that does not pass through them
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Accessory organs
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What are some Accessory organs
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tongue, teeth, salivary glands, liver, galbladder, pancreas
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Where does your tongue, teeth, and saliva change food into a soft mass
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Your mouth
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A muscular tube that moves food to the stomach using peristalsis
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esophagus
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Waves of muscle contractions
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peristalsis
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Where is food digested mechanically by peristalsis and chemically by digestive solutions with the help of enzymes
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stomach
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Food that becomes a thin watery liquid
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chyme
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What increases the surface area of your small intestine to increase absorption
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villi
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What transports the absorbed nutrients to cells in the small intestine
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blood
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What absorbs water from undigested chyme
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large intestine
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What slows down chyme so it can be in the small intestine for up to three days
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peristalsis
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What controls the releases solid wastes from the body
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rectum and anus
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What lives in your digestive tract and makes vitamins your body needs
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bacteria
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