Vitamins and Minerals Word Search
Vitamins and minerals are the small stuff in food that the body cannot make on its own in useful amounts. Thirteen vitamins are considered essential, and minerals like iron and calcium round out the list. Handy for health classes and for anyone who has ever squinted at a label.
Vitamins and Minerals word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- banana
- calcium
- carrot
- iron
- milk
- nuts
- orange
- spinach
- sunlight
- zinc
Vitamins and Minerals word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- banana
- calcium
- carrot
- folate
- iodine
- iron
- magnesium
- milk
- nuts
- orange
- potassium
- sodium
- spinach
- sunlight
- zinc
Vitamins and Minerals word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- banana
- calcium
- carrot
- copper
- folate
- iodine
- iron
- magnesium
- milk
- nuts
- orange
- phosphorus
- potassium
- riboflavin
- selenium
- sodium
- spinach
- sunlight
- thiamine
- zinc
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Words in the Vitamins and Minerals word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- iron
- Mineral in red meat and beans that carries oxygen
- zinc
- Mineral supporting immune defense and wound healing
- calcium
- Mineral that builds bones and helps muscles work
- sunlight
- Skin makes vitamin D when exposed to it
- milk
- Drink supplying calcium and often added vitamin D
- carrot
- Root vegetable rich in beta carotene
- spinach
- Leafy green high in folate and iron
- orange
- Citrus fruit known for its vitamin C
- banana
- Yellow fruit and a good source of potassium
- nuts
- Seeds like almonds that supply vitamin E and magnesium
- potassium
- Mineral helping nerves fire and muscles contract
- magnesium
- Mineral involved in hundreds of body reactions
- folate
- B vitamin especially important before and during pregnancy
- iodine
- Mineral the thyroid gland needs, often added to salt
- sodium
- Mineral in salt, needed in small amounts
- copper
- Trace mineral helping the body form red blood cells
- thiamine
- Vitamin B1, which helps turn food into energy
- riboflavin
- Vitamin B2, found in milk, eggs and greens
- selenium
- Trace mineral found in Brazil nuts and seafood
- phosphorus
- Mineral working with calcium to build bone
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