The Food Groups Word Search
This The Food Groups word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the terms and ideas of a school subject. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: PROTEIN, VEGETABLE, FRUIT, DAIRY, GRAIN, CARBOHYDRATE, FIBER, VITAMIN, MINERAL, CALCIUM, IRON, HYDRATION.
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The Food Groups word list, defined
- PROTEIN /ˈproʊ.tiːn/ · noun
- A complex molecule consisting of chains of amino acids, essential for growth and repair in living organisms. Related: nutrient, amino acid, peptide, polypeptide.
- VEGETABLE /ˈvɛdʒɪtəbəl/ · noun
- A plant or part of a plant used as food, such as a leaf, root, tuber, or stem. Related: produce, greens, crops, plants.
- FRUIT /fruːt/ · noun
- The sweet, fleshy, seed-bearing product of a plant, especially a tree or bush, that is typically eaten as food; more broadly, the edible reproductive structure of a flowering plant. Related: produce, crop, harvest.
- DAIRY /ˈdɛəri/ · noun
- A dairy is a place or establishment where milk and milk products are kept, processed, or sold; the term also refers collectively to foods made from milk, such as butter, cheese, and cream. Related: creamery, milk farm, dairy farm, buttery.
- GRAIN /greɪn/ · noun, verb
- A small unit of a cereal grain, especially wheat, oats, or barley; a small amount of something, especially a powder or a fine particle. Related: seed, kernel, particle, speck.
- CARBOHYDRATE /ˌkɑːrboʊˈhaɪdreɪt/ · noun
- Any of a large group of organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen — including sugars, starches, and cellulose — that serve as a major source of energy in the diet of living organisms. Related: saccharide, starch, sugar, glycogen.
- FIBER /ˈfaɪbər/ · noun
- A thread-like structure of natural or synthetic material, such as the strands forming plant tissue, muscle, cloth, or nerves. More broadly, it denotes dietary material from plants that the body cannot fully digest, and figuratively, essential character or texture. Related: thread, strand, filament, fibril.
- VITAMIN /ˈvaɪtəmɪn/ · noun
- A substance that is needed by the body for growth and health, and is found in food or taken as a supplement. Related: nutrient, supplement, micronutrient, mineral.
- MINERAL /ˈmɪnərəl/ · noun
- A naturally occurring inorganic solid substance with a specific chemical composition and a crystalline structure, such as a rock or a metal. Related: inorganic, mineralogical, petrological, geological.
- CALCIUM /ˈkælsiəm/ · noun
- A chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20; a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal that is essential to living organisms, where it occurs chiefly as a constituent of bones, teeth, and shells.
- IRON /ˈaɪərn/ · noun, verb
- A chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a hard, silver-white, and ductile metal that is highly reactive. Related: metal, steel, copper, ironwork.
- HYDRATION /ˌhaɪˈdrætɪk/ · noun
- The process or state of giving or taking in water, especially to keep the body healthy and functioning properly. The act of drinking or taking in water to quench thirst or to maintain bodily fluids. Related: watering, moistening, humectation, rehydration.
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