Elements present in food

Question 1

What are the six most common elements present in food?

Answer 1

Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), Oxygen (O), Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Sulfur (S)

Question 2

What four elements make up 99% of the mass and atoms present in living organisms?

Answer 2

Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), Oxygen (O), Nitrogen (N)

Question 3

What are organic compounds?

Answer 3

Compounds made from carbon are said to be organic compounds

Question 4

Compounds made from carbon are said to be what?

Answer 4

organic compounds

Question 5

What are the five elements present as dissolved salts?

Answer 5

Sodium (Na), Magnesium (Mg), chlorine (Cl), potassium (K), calcium (Ca)

Question 6

Sodium, magnesium, chlorine, potassium and calcium are present in the form of what?

Answer 6

dissolved salts

Question 7

What are the three elements present as trace elements?

Answer 7

Iron (Fe), copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn)

Question 8

What are trace elements?

Answer 8

Elements that are only required in tiny amounts in the diet

Question 9

What are iron, copper and zinc present in the form of?

Answer 9

Trace elements