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20 Cards in this Set
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Autotroph
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Organism that makes it's own food
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Photosynthesis
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Process in which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
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Producer
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Organism that makes it's own food
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Heterotroph
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Organism that obtains food by eating producers or other organisms
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Consumer
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Organism that obtains food by eating producers or other consumers
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Cellular Respiration
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Chemical process that uses oxygen to convert 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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Energy stored due to an objects position or arrangement
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Thermal Energy
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Total amount of energy associated with the random movement of atoms and molecules in a sample of matter
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Chemical Energy
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Potential to perform work due to the arrangement of atoms within molecules
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Calorie
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Amount of energy required to raise the temperature of water measuring 1g up by 1*C
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ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
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Main energy source that cells use for most of their work
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Aerobic
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Requiring oxygen
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Electron Transport Chain
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Sequence of electron carrier molecules that transfer electrons and release energy during cellular respiration
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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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The splitting in half of a glucose molecule; the first stage of cellular respiration and fermentation
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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 Synthase
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Protein structure in cell mitochondria that uses from H+ 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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Without oxygen
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