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Grade 7 Cells
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| photosynthesis | the process by which a cell captures the energy in sunlight and uses it to make food |
| stomata | small openings on the undersides of leaves |
| autotroph | an organism that makes its own food |
| pigment | colored chemical compound that absorbs light |
| chlorophyll | the main pigment found in the chloroplasts of plant cells |
| heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food |
| respiration | the process by which cells "withdraw" energy from glucose |
| fermentation | process by which organisms release energy without oxygen |
| cell cycle | the regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo |
| interphase | first stage of the cell cycle where the cell prepares for cell division |
| mitosis | the second stage of the cell cycle during which the nucleus divides into 2 and DNA is distributed to 2 new daughter cells |
| chromosome | a doubled rod of condensed chromatin |
| chromatid | each identical rod, or strand, of a chromosome |
| cytokinesis | the final stage of cell division when the cell divides into 2 |