topic 1

Question 1

The body requires chemical groups called?

Answer 1

Nutrients

Question 2

Nutrients can be classified in 2 groups

Answer 2

Organic and inorganic nutrients

Question 3

What is the organic nutrient that repairs damaged or growing body parts?

Answer 3

Protein rebuilds damaged or growing parts

Question 4

What nutrient stores unused chemical energy in your body?

Answer 4

Lipids (Fats)

Question 5

What speeds up chemical reactions in the body?

Answer 5

Enzymes speed up reactions

Question 6

Inorganic substances are called?

Answer 6

Minerals are what inorganic substances are called

Question 7

Humans need how many elements?

Answer 7

22 elements are needed

Question 8

NPK refers to the amount of

Answer 8

Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium in the soil

Question 9

Nitrogen helps?

Answer 9

Leaves grow

Question 10

Phosphorus helps?

Answer 10

Roots grow

Question 11

Potassium helps?

Answer 11

Flowers/Fruits grow

Question 12

Plants make up more or less of global calorie supply

Answer 12

plants make up More (83%)

Question 13

What is eutrophication?

Answer 13

Nutrients that build in a body of water increasing micro organisms, depleting the oxygen

Question 14

Why is adding to much of the NPK mixture into soil bad?

Answer 14

The NPK will go into ground water, causing eutrophication and result in damaging the ecosystem