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Cells and Energy Voc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |