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Cells and Body Chem.
| 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 |
| organic compound that made of amino acids that does the work in the 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 |