Nutrition Is

question 36

Multiple Choice

Nutrition is

• A)The amount of energy produced from the burning of food by the body
• B)How a serving fits into the daily diet
• C)A substance that is ingested,digested,absorbed,and used by the body
• D)The processes involved in the ingestion,digestion,absorption,and use of foods and fluids by the body

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Definitions:

Vascular Plants

Plants that have specialized structures for the transport of water and nutrients, including xylem and phloem.

Silurian Period

A geologic period and system that extends from about 443.8 million to 419.2 million years ago, noted for significant biological developments including the appearance of the first clearly identifiable land plants.

Air-breathing Animals

Organisms that intake oxygen from the air to the lungs or other special respiratory organs to sustain life.

First Land Animals

Early terrestrial organisms, primarily arthropods and amphibians, that colonized land during the Paleozoic era.