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health vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Food: | the item that humans and animals eat |
| Energy: | the power or ability to do things |
| Survival: | continuing to live or exist especially in spite of difficult conditions |
| Serving: | a unit of measure that gives the suggested amount of food or drink |
| Organism: | animal, plant, single celled life form |
| Producer: | organisms (plants) that produce (make) their own food through the process of photosynthesis |
| Consumer: | organisms that cannot make their own food and consume (eat) other organisms and producers |
| Photosynthesis: | the process in which plants use sunlight to combine water and carbon dioxide to make their own food (glucose) |
| Nutrients: | something found in food that living beings take in to live and grow Vitamins: natural substance that can be found in foods and that helps your body to be healthy |
| Minerals | a chemical substance that occurs naturally in certain foods and that is important for good health |
| Fats: | an oily solid or liquid substance in food |
| Calorie: | measurement of how much energy is in food |
| Carbohydrate: | any one of various substances found in certain foods that provide your body with heat and energy and are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxegen |
| Protein: | substance found in food (meat, milk, eggs, beans) that is an important part of the human diet |
| Fiber: | plant material that cannot be digested but that helps you to digest other foo |