Science Review on Nutrition

Match the listed nutrients with their corresponding pictures.

• Minerals

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• Carbohydrates

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• Protein

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• Fats

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• Vitamins

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Match the listed nutrients with their corresponding pictures.

• Carbohydrate

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• Protein

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• Carbohydrate

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• Carbohydrate

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• Protein

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Though _____ doesn't actually give your body anything it can use for energy, you cannot live more than 3 or 4 days without it, and 60% of your body is comprises of this nutrient.

Simple _____________ give you quick energy, complete _____________ take longer for your body to break down and give you energy over a longer period of time.

You need to eat ________ so that your body can get all the amino acids it needs to make all the different proteins your body uses.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

____ are important for storing vitamins in your body, for keeping your skin healthy, for body healing, for proper cell function, and for storage of energy.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

_______ and minerals are needed in small amounts, but are very important for good health.

Vitamins and ________ are needed in small amounts, but are very important for good health.

Match the following terms/definitions that make up an amino acid.

• Amino Acids

• Molecules that combine to form proteins

• Protein

• The smallest units of matter that are considered stable.

• Atoms

• Twenty-plus basic building blocks that make up amino acids

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Fructose is a very sweet sugar found in fruit.

• True

• False