7th Grade Science Nutrients and Digestion Vocabulary
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| AMINO ACID | BUILDING BLOCK OF PROTEIN
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| CARBOHYDRATE | CLASS OF ORGANIC NUTRIENTS THAT SUPPLIES THE BODY WITH ITS MAJOR ENERGY SOURCES; SUGAR, STARCH, AND CELLULOSE.
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| CHYME | THIN, WATERY PRODUCT THAT IS THE RESULT OF DIGESTION.
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| CHEMICAL DIGESTION | DIGESTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE MOUTH, STOMACH, AND SMALL INTESTINE.
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| DIGESTION | MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESS THAT BREAKS DOWN FOOD INTO SMALL MOLECULES SO THEY CAN BE USED BY THE BODY'S CELLS.
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| MECHANICAL DIGESTION | PROCESS THAT OCCURS WHEN FOOD IS CHEWED AND MIXED IN THE MOUTH AND CHURNED IN THE STOMACH.
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| ENZYME | SPECIFIC PROTEIN THAT REGULATES AND SPEEDS UP ALMOST ALL CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CELLS WITHOUT BEING CHANGED THEMSELVES.
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| FAT | CLASS OF ORGANIC NUTRIENTS THAT PROVIDES ENERGY AND HELPS THE BODY ABSORB SOME VITAMINS, MAY BE SATURATED OR UNSATURATED.
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| FOOD GROUP | FOODS THAT CONTAIN THE SAME NUTRIENTS.
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| INORGANIC | MOST COMPOUNDS MADE FROM ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON.
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| ORGANIC | MOST COMPOUNDS THAT CONTAIN CARBON.
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| MINERAL | INORGANIC NUTRIENT THAT REGULATES MANY CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE BODY.
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| NUTRIENTS | SUBSTANCES IN FOODS THAT PROVIDE ENERGY AND MATERIALS FOR CELL DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH, AND REPAIR.
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| PERISTALSIS | WAVELIKE, MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS THAT MOVE FOOD THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
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| PROTEIN | LARGE, ORGANIC MOLECULE THAT IS MADE UP OF AMINO ACIDS AND THAT ARE NEEDED FOR GROWTH AND REPAIR OF BODY CELLS.
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| SALIVA | WATERY, ENZYME-CONTAINING FLUID IN THE MOUTH THAT IS MIXED WITH FOOD DURING DIGESTION.
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| VILLI | FINGER-LIKE PROJECTIONS IN THE SMALL INTESTINE WHERE NUTRIENTS ARE ABSORBED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.
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| VITAMINS | WATER-SOLUBLE OR FAT-SOLUBLE ESSENTIAL, ORGANIC NUTRIENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IN SMALL QUANTITIES TO HELP REGULATE BODY FUNCTION.
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| HOMEOSTASIS | REGULATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ORGANISM'S INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT.
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