Beef

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/beef

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific classification?Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Artiodactyla, Family: Bovidae, Genus: Bos
2. What is the key nutritional components?High-quality protein, heme iron, zinc, selenium, vitamin B12, niacin, vitamin B6
3. What is beef and where does it come from?Beef is the meat from cattle that were domesticated from wild aurochs about 10,500 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. It comes from animals that have been raised on farms and ranches.
4. Why is beef so nutritious?Beef has complete protein with all nine essential amino acids. It is rich in heme iron, zinc, selenium, and B vitamins like B12, which help keep the body healthy.

Bioavailability: The degree and rate at which a nutrient is absorbed and becomes available to the body.
Primal Cuts: Large sections of the animal carcass from which retail cuts are derived.
Artificial Selection: The process by which humans intentionally breed animals or plants for specific traits.