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17 Cards in this Set
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Photosynthesis |
process of using the energy in sunlight to make food (glucose) |
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Cellular Respiration |
process in which cells break down glucose and make ATP for energy |
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Chlorophyll |
green pigment in a chloroplast that absorbs sunlight in the light reactions of photosynthesis |
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Autotroph |
organism that makes its own food |
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ATP |
energy-carrying molecule that cells use to power their metabolic processes |
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Aerobic Respiration |
type of cellular respiration that requires oxygen |
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Anaerobic Respiration |
endothermic reaction in organisms |
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Energy |
ability to do work |
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Electron Transport Chain |
series of electron-transport molecules that pass high-energy electrons from molecule to molecule and capture their energyelement |
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Food |
organic molecules such as glucose that organisms use for chemical energy |
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Fermentation |
type of anaerobic respiration that includes glycolysis followed by the conversion of pyruvic acid to one or more other compounds and the formation of NAD |
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Glucose |
simple carbohydrate with the chemical formula C6H12O6 that is the nearly universal food for life |
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Heterotroph |
organism that gets food by consuming other organisms |
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Producer |
organism that produces food for itself and other organisms |
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Chemosythesis |
process of using the energy in chemical compounds to make food |
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Chloroplast |
organelle in the cells of plants and algae where photosynthesis takes placechordates |
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Mitochondrion |
organelle in eukaryotic cells that makes energy available to the cell in the form of ATP |
