The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends eating within the following ranges: 1  Carbohydrates: 45-65% of calories. 2  Fat: 20-35% of calories. 3  Protein: 10-35% of calories.
terrestrial. adjective. 1  Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants. 2  Biology Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic: terrestrial mammals; terrestrial apes; terrestrial orchids.3  Astronomy Similar to the planet earth in size or composition: terrestrial planets.4  Transmitted from structures on the earth and not ...djective. 1  Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants. 2  Biology Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic: terrestrial mammals; terrestrial apes; terrestrial orchids. 3  Astronomy Similar to the planet earth in size or composition: terrestrial planets. 4  Transmitted from structures on the earth and not ...
Not straying far from its Latin root terra meaning earth, terrestrial means of the earth.. If it's terrestrial, you'll find it on earth. If it's extraterrestrial, you'll find it emerging from a UFO. The adjective terrestrial can also be used to describe something that lives on land (as opposed to living in water, for example). On their trip to the rain forest, the scientists were charged with cataloging terrestrial animals. Another group was going to be in charge of cataloging the aquatic animals..