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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 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 |
| Organelle 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 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 |