Balanced Diet

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light (7)
  2. 6. Strong metal used to make tools and nails (4)
  3. 7. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (plural) (13)
  4. 12. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (plural) (8)
  5. 13. Physical activity that keeps you fit (8)
  6. 14. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)

Down

  1. 1. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (plural) (8)
  2. 3. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  3. 4. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (7)
  4. 5. A chemical used to kill pests (plural) (10)
  5. 8. A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite (8)
  6. 9. Excessively fat (5)
  7. 10. Greasy substance in food and body tissue (plural) (4)
  8. 11. Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (5)