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Cells and Energy Voc
Question | Answer |
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Cell | Smallest unit of living things. |
Mitochondria | Part of the cell where energy is made through cellular respiration. |
Chloroplast | Part of the plant cell where photosynthesis occurs. |
Nucleus | The control center of the cell. |
Ribosomes | The part of the cell where proteins are made. |
Vacuole | Part of the cell where water, food, and waste are stored. |
Carbohydrate | Sugar molecule used for energy. |
Lipid | Organic compound that makes up fats and oils in living things. |
Protein | Organic compound made of amino acids that do the work in a cell. |
Nucleic Acid | Molecules that carry the instructions for the cell (RNA and DNA) |
Glucose | Sugar made from carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
Photosynthesis | Process plants use to make glucose |
Chlorophyll | Pigment in chloroplast that traps the energy in sunlight |
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 |
Meiosis | Type of cellular reproduction where cells copy then divide to create sex cells. |