2. • Digestion
In digestion,the digestive system breaks down
food until we obtain the nutrients. We absorb
the nutrients in the small intestine. The residues
of the food form faeces.
4. • Feeding and nutrition
Feeding is taking of food. Nutrients are the
useful substances in the food we eat.
Nutrition consists of extracting nutrients from
the food we eat, and oxigen from the air we
breathe, distributing them around the body and
excreting the residues.
9. • Mixed
• These foods contain more than one of the different nutrients
10. • Our diet
Our diet is the quantity and variety of food and
water that we take.
We must follow a healthy and balanced diet that
contains all the different nutrients in the correct
quantities.
11. Lesson vocabulary
To break down: descomponer
Nutrient
To absorb: absorber
Faeces: heces
Useful substances: sustancias útiles
To extract: extraer
To excret: excretar
Fats: grasas
Diet: dieta
Healthy: saludable
Balanced: equilibrada
