Nutrition

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Sweet food that grows on plants (plural) (6)
  2. 4. One of the contractile organs of the body (6)
  3. 5. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram (plural) (5)
  4. 8. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (7)
  5. 9. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (7)
  6. 11. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (plural) (13)
  7. 14. An illness that harms the body (7)
  8. 15. Sweet white crystals added to food (5)
  9. 16. The food and drink a person usually has (4)

Down

  1. 2. Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking (plural) (11)
  2. 3. Plant foods like carrots and broccoli (10)
  3. 6. Slippery liquid used for cooking and fuel (3)
  4. 7. Greasy substance in food and body tissue (3)
  5. 10. A thick fatty oil (6)
  6. 12. Round Italian dish with cheese and toppings (5)
  7. 13. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)