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14 Cards in this Set
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Photosynthesis
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The process by which a cell catures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food.
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Autotroph
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An organism that makes its own food.
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Heterotroph
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An organism that makes its own food.
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Pigments
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Colored chemical compounds that absorb light.
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Chlorophyll
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The main photosynthetic pigment in chloroplasts.
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Stomata
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Small openings on the underside of leaves through which carbon dioxide enters plants.
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Fermentation
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An energy releasing process that does not require oxygen.
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Respiration
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The process by which cells obtain energy from glucose.
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Cell Cycle
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The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo.
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Interphase
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1st stage of cell cycle - the cell grows, makes a copy of its DNA and prepares to divide into two cells.
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Replication
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The part of interphase where the cell makes an exact copy of the DNA and its nucleus.
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Mitosis
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2nd stage of cell cycle - the cell's nucleus divides into two nuclei. One copy of the DNA is distributed into each of the daughter cells.
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Chromosome
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A doubled rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information.
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Cytokinesis
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final stage of the cell cycle - completes the cell division. The cytoplasm divides and the organelles are distributed into each of the two new cells.
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