Digestive Sytem

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
n u r e
Any substance that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
2.
p o e
Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle
3.
a m n i
Organic compounds containing an ___ group and a carboxylic ___ group
4.
c a b o d t
An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals
5.
t m i
Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism
6.
m i r
Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
7.
d g r p
8.
d t i n
The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
9.
e z e
Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific
10.
i s l s s
11.
h y
A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric
12.
l l