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