3.1 What do you eat?

Question 1

Nutrients

Answer 1

Substances in food that provide energy or building materials

Question 2

Joule

Answer 2

Measure of the level of energy in food

Question 3

Carbohydrate

Answer 3

Substance in your food (nutrient) that consist of sugars containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms

Question 4

Fibre

Answer 4

Substance in your food (nutrient) that is found mostly in plants and contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms; fibre stimulates peristalsis

Question 5

Protein

Answer 5

Substance in your food (nutrient) that consists of animo acids and contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms

Question 6

Sugar

Answer 6

Small stubstance in your food (carbohydrate) like glucose or fructose (simple carbohydrates)

Question 7

Starch

Answer 7

Carbohydrate that consists of glucose (complex carbohydrate)

Question 8

Satured fat

Answer 8

Fats that are solid at room temperature

Question 9

Unsatured fats

Answer 9

Fats that are liquid at room temperature

Question 10

Trans fat

Answer 10

Chemically altered unsaturated fats which stay solid at room temperature

Question 11

Vitamins and minerals

Answer 11

Needed for growth, regulating body functions, protection against diseases and food health