Macronutrients | Micronutrients | Diseases | Preservatives | Chemistry Basics |
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What are macronutrients?
Fats, Carbohydrates, Proteins
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What is a micronutrient?
A chemical element or substance required in trace amounts for the normal growth and development of living organisms.
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What is scurvy?
Condition associated with a deficiency of vitamin C
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What is a preservative?
Substances that prevent food spoilage caused by microbial growth
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What is an isotope?
Same atomic number, but differ in numbers of neutrons in their nuclei
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What is a carbohydrate?
Nutrient that gives energy and powers the body
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What is Calcium?
Mineral that helps make strong bones and teeth
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What is Vitamin A?
Vitamin causing night blindness if lacked.
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What is Nitrogen gas?
Gas used in packaging potato chips
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What is table salt?
Sodium Chloride
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What is a protein?
Nutrient that helps repair and build your body's tissues and drives metabolic reactions.
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What is a lipid-soluble vitamin?
Vitamins A, D, E, and K
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What is Iron?
Nutrient causing anaemia if lacked
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What is drying?
Oldest form of food preservation
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What is Redox?
The reaction in which both oxidation and reduction occur together.
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What is a lipid?
Nutrient that provides body with energy, support cell function, insulation, steroid production
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What is Vitamin C?
Helps absorb iron more efficiently (Hint: vitamin)
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What is Kwashiorkor?
Disease caused by lack of protein
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What is Salt?
Substance that helps reduce water activity in food
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What are fields of chemistry?
Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, Physical
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What is a source of protein?
Fish, red meat, dairy
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What is a brazil nut?
Nut with the richest source of the mineral selenium
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What is Goiter?
Disease caused by iodine deficiency
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What is Sodium Benzoate?
Common preservative known as E211
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What is rust?
Fe2O3
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