Nutrition in Health

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract (6)
  2. 5. Organic compounds containing an ___ group and a carboxylic ___ group (plural) (10)
  3. 7. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (plural) (13)
  4. 9. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable (10)
  5. 14. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi (7)
  6. 16. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (7)

Down

  1. 1. A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss (10)
  2. 2. A state of poor nutrition (12)
  3. 3. One form in which body fuel is stored (8)
  4. 6. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group (6)
  5. 8. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (7)
  6. 10. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (plural) (8)
  7. 11. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (7)
  8. 12. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  9. 13. The food and drink a person usually has (4)
  10. 15. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light (7)