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element
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any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substanes
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compound
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two or more elements combined chemically
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carbohydrates
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an energy-rich organic compound made of the elements, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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lipids
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energy-rich organic compunds made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
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proteins
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are large orgainic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and in, in some case sulfur.
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amino acids
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protein molecules made up of smaller molecules
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enzyme
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a type of protein that speeds up a chemical protein that speeds up a chemical reaction
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Nucleicic acid
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very long orgainc molecules made of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus
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DNA
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genetic material that carries information about an orgainism and is passed from parent to offspring
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RNA
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plays an important role in the production of proteins
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photosynthesis
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a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food
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autotoph
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an organism that makes it's own food
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heterotroph
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an organism that cannot make it's own food
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pigments
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colored chemical compunds that absorb light
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chlorophyll
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the main photosynthetic pigment
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stomata
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openings on the undersides of leaves
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respiration
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is the process by which cells obtain energy from glucose
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