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Chemical vocab
cell parts, reproduction, and body chemistry vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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 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 |
compound made of amino acids, which do the work in a cell. | protein |
molecules that carry the instructions for the cell (RNA and DNA) | nucleic acid |
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 all living things do when using oxygen to release energy from glucose | cellular respiration |
type of cellular reproduction where cells make a copy of themselves | mitosis |
type of cellular reproduction where cell copy then divide to create sex cells | meiosis |