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Cells and Energy12
vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |