Fats, Proteins and Carbohydrates

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Organic compounds containing an ___ group and a carboxylic ___ group (9)
  2. 7. Glucose in the ___ (10)
  3. 9. Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (7)
  4. 10. Greasy substance in food and body tissue (3)
  5. 11. One form in which body fuel is stored (8)
  6. 13. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals (12)
  7. 14. The power to do work or make things move (6)
  8. 15. To cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance (9)
  9. 16. A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms (7)

Down

  1. 1. A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated (7)
  2. 2. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (plural) (8)
  3. 3. Used of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond (11)
  4. 4. Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (5)
  5. 6. An animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver (11)
  6. 8. Consisting of or containing ___ (7)
  7. 12. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)