nutrion vocabulary
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| autotroph | self feed
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| heterotroph | gets its nutrional requirements from organic substances
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| chemoautotroph | an organism that gets energy from inorganic substances
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| photoautotroph | an organism that gets its energy for food synthesis from light
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| calories | the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water
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| energy | power derived from the physical resources
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| ingestion | taking food in ; absorption
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| digestion | process of breaking down food by mechanical actions
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| egestion | getting rid of solid waste ( metabolic waste )
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| roughage | indigestible material in vegetables that aids the passage of food and waste products through the gut.
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| cellulose | organic compound
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| body mass index | a measure of body fat
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| absorption | the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
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| diffusion | movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration
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| villi | are small, finger-like projections that extend into the lumen of the small intestine
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| constipation | bowel movements that are infrequent or hard to pass
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| enzyme | a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction.
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| macromolecules | a molecule containing a very large number of atoms
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| bulimia | A serious eating disorder marked by binging, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.
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| anorexia | An eating disorder causing people to obsess about weight and what they eat.
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