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Cells and Energy
Cells and energy
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 | Chloroplasts |
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 |
org. compound made of amino acids, that does 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 cells copy then divide to create sex cells | Meiosis |