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The process in which some organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food |
Photosynthesis |
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An organism that cannot make its own food |
Heterotroph |
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A green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants algae and some bacteria |
Chlorophyll |
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An organism that makes it’s own food |
Autotroph |
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A colored chemical that absorbs light |
Pigment |
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Small openings on a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move |
Stomata |
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A property of cell membranes that allows some substances to pass through while others cannot |
Selectively permeable |
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The process by which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration |
Diffusion |
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The diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane |
Osmosis |
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The movement of materials through a cell membrane without using the cells energy |
Passive transport |
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The movement of materials through a cell membrane using energy |
Active transport |
