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19 Cards in this Set
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autotroph
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organism that makes its own food
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photosynthesis
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plants use the suns energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
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producers
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produce their own food
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heterotrophs
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organisms that cannot make their own food
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comsumers
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must obtain food by eating producers or other consumers
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cellular respiration
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chemical process that uses oxygen to convert the chemical energy stored in organic molecules into ATP
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kinetic energy
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energy of motion
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potential energy
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stores enegy due to an objects position or arrangement
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thermal energy
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total amount of energy associated with the ramdon movement of molecules in a sample of matter
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calorie
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amount of energy required to raise the temp of 1 gram of water by 1 degree C
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ATP
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adenosine triphosphate source of energy for most cellular work
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aerobic
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requires oxygen
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electron transport chain
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electron carriers pass the electrons on to other carriers in a series of transfers
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metabolism
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all of a cell's chemical processes
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glycolysis
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breaking down a glucose molecule
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krebs cycle
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stage of cellular respiration that finishes the breakdown of pyruvic acid molecules to carbon dioxide releasing energy
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ATP synthases
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protein stucture in cell mitochondria that uses hydrogen ions to convert ADP to ATP
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fermentation
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cellular process of making ATP without oxygen
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anaerobic
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an environment without oxygen
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