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Nutrition 170 |
Crossword Puzzle Number 2: Vocabulary from Chapters 7-9 |
Use the crossword puzzle layout below to help you determine the correct vocabulary words. Each crossword is worth 5 points and you will need to submit your answers for a score. So after you complete the puzzle, note your answers in the spaces provided below each clue. Double check your spelling because misspelled words will not be given credit. Have your answers available. Click the submit quiz link and follow the directions to submit your answers.

Complex organic molecules that work with enzymes to facilitate the enzymes’ activity (9 letters, 7th letter is the 1st letter of 2 down).
Answer 1 Across: _____________________________
Compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen atoms, arranged into amino acids linked in a chain. Some amino acids also contain sulfur atoms (8 letters, 4th letter is the 3rd letter of 2 down, 7th letter is the 2nd letter of 5 down).
Answer 6 Across: ________________________________
The chief form of fat in the diet and the major storage form of fat in the body; composed of a molecule of glycerol with three fatty acids attached ( 13 letters, 3rd letter is the 2nd letter of 7 down, 5th letter is the 7th letter of 2 down, 7th letter is the 1st letter of 10 down, the 8th letter is the 6th letter of 5 down, the 11th letter is the 7th letter of 3 down, the 13th letter is the 7th letter of 4 down).
Answer 8 Across: ________________________________
A family of compounds that includes triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols. They are characterized by their insolubility in water. (6 letters, 4th letter is the 7th letter of 7 down)
Answer 9 Across: _________________________________
The sum total of all the chemical reactions that go on in living cells (10 letters, 1st letter is the 7th letter of 1 across, 3rd letter is the 4th letter of 6 across, 7th letter is the 5th letter of 8 across)
Answer 2 Down: _______________________________
Large proteins of the blood and body fluids, produced by the immune system in response to the invasion of the body by foreign molecules (10 letters, 7th letter is the 11th letter of 8 across)
Answer 3 Down: ________________________________
Compounds containing a four ring carbon structure with any of a variety of side chains attached (7 letters, 7th letter is the 13th letter of 8 across)
Answer 4 Down: ________________________________
Proteins that facilitate chemical reactions without being changed in the process; protein catalysis (7 letters, 2nd letter is the 7th letter of 6 across, 6th letter is the 8th letter of 8 across)
Answer 5 Down: ________________________________
An essential fatty acid with 18 carbon and two double bonds ( 8 letters, 2nd letter is the 3rd letter of 8 across, 7th letter is the 4th letter of 9 across)
Answer 7 Down: ________________________________
The protein from which connective tissues such as scars, tendons, ligaments, and the foundations of bones and teeth are made (8 letters, 1st letter is the 7th letter of 8 across)
Answer 10 Down: ________________________________
Don't forget to click the submit quiz link and follow the directions to submit your answers.
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Schindelbeck
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