Nutrition

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (5)
  2. 3. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural) (8)
  3. 9. A feeling of craving something (8)
  4. 10. An animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver (11)
  5. 12. Partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major (14)
  6. 13. An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (5)
  7. 15. Food and nutrients the body needs to grow (9)
  8. 16. A physiological need for food (6)

Down

  1. 1. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (plural) (13)
  2. 4. A taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species (7)
  3. 5. Staying steady without falling over (7)
  4. 6. Any substance that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (plural) (9)
  5. 7. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (plural) (8)
  6. 8. Quality of being ___ and avoiding extremes (10)
  7. 11. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (plural) (8)
  8. 14. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (plural) (8)