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Cells and Energy12
vocabulary words
Question | Answer |
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1. Cell | smallest unit of living things |
2. Mitochondria | part of the cell where energy is made through cellular respiration |
3. Chloroplast | part of the plant cell where photosynthesis occurs |
4. Nucleus | the control center for the cell |
5. Ribosomes | part of cell where proteins are made |
6. Vacuole | part of the cell where water, food, and waste is stored |
7. Carbohydrate | sugar molecule used for energy |
8. Lipid | organic compound that makes up fats and oils in living things |
9. Protein | org. compound made of amino acids, that does the work in a cell. |
Nucleic Acid | molecules that carry the instructions for the cell (RNA and DNA) |
11. Glucose | Sugar made from carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
12. Photosynthesis | process plant cells use to make glucose |
13. Chlorophyll | pigment in chloroplast that traps the energy in sunlight |
14. Cellular Respiration | process all living things do when using oxygen to release energy from glucose |
Mitosis | type of cellular reproduction where cells make a copy of themselves |
16. Meiosis- | type of cellular reproduction where cells copy then divide to create sex cells. |