Food (Vitamins and Minerals) Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• nitrogen: the 7th element on the periodic table
• balanced diet: vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fibres, protein and healthy fats make this
• vitamin c: in foods such as oranges and strawberries
• vitamin a: a lack of this can cause your vision to be less sharp in dim light conditions, cells in the retina (rods) also won't function properly
• joule: the si unit of work or energy
• fibre: a lack of this can cause constipation
• lipid: also known as fat
• iron: needed to make hemoglobin (found in red meat)
• carbohydrate: a food group (found in bread and pasta)
• calorie: a unit of energy that originated from the caloric theory of heat
• carbon: a black solid which has the highest melting/sublimation point of all the elements
• minerals: elements needed by the body and gained from food but are not present in carbohydrates, lipids or proteins
• energy: the strength required for physical/mental activity
• protein: organic substance made of chains of amino acids
• water: inorganic compound made of hydrogen and oxygen (essential for all life forms)
• scurvy: a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin c
• rickets: this disorder causes your skeleton to not develop properly and for your bones to become deformed and fragile
• vitamin d: found in oily fish and egg yokes