Vitamins, Minerals & Water Vocabulary

What are vitamins?

• Essential organic nutrients required in large amounts

• Essential organic nutrients required in small amounts

• Nonorganic compounds required for proper nutrition

• Highly reactive compounds linked to health issues

What does water-soluble mean?

• The ability to dissolve in fats

• The ability to dissolve in water

• The ability to stabilize free radicals

• The ability to provide energy

What are antioxidants?

• Compounds that dissolve in fats

• Elements that stabilize free radicals

• Nonorganic compounds for nutrition

• Molecules with a positive and negative pole

What are free radicals?

• Essential nutrients for healthy living

• Highly reactive compounds linked to health issues

• Nonorganic compounds for proper nutrition

• Molecules that dissolve in water

What are minerals?

• Organic nutrients required in small amounts

• Nonorganic compounds required for proper nutrition

• Compounds that stabilize free radicals

• Molecules that dissolve in fats

What are major minerals?

• Minerals required in small amounts

• Minerals required in large quantities

• Compounds that dissolve in water

• Elements that stabilize free radicals

What are trace minerals?

• Minerals required in large quantities

• Minerals required in small amounts

• Compounds that dissolve in fats

• Molecules with a positive and negative pole

What is ATP?

• A type of vitamin

• A major source of energy in the body

• A nonorganic compound for nutrition

• A molecule that dissolves in water

What is the composition of a water molecule?

• Two oxygen molecules to one hydrogen molecule

• Two hydrogen molecules to one oxygen molecule

• One hydrogen molecule to two oxygen molecules

• One oxygen molecule to two hydrogen molecules

What are polar molecules?

• Molecules with a positive and negative pole

• Molecules that dissolve in fats

• Molecules that stabilize free radicals

• Molecules that provide energy