click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
arcscichap2voc
ARC Science Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| word | meaning |
|---|---|
| photosynthesis | the process by which plants and some other organism capture the energy in sunlight and use it to make food. |
| pigment | a colored chemical compound that obsorbs light |
| chlorophyll | a green pigment found in the cloroplasts of plants algea and some bactiera |
| stomata | small openings on the underside of a leaf through oxygen and carbon dioxide can move |
| autotroph | an organism that makes its own food |
| heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food |