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P and C/P Vocab
Question | Answer |
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ATP | |
ADP | |
Aerobic | |
Anaerobic | |
Atom | The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element. |
Carbon Dioxide | |
Carbohydrate | A class of molecules that includes sugars, starches, and fiber; contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. |
Cellular respiration | The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food. |
Chlorophyll | A green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis. |
Chloroplast | An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs. |
Energy | The capacity to do work. |
Glucose | |
Hydrogen | |
Law | A descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions. |
Law of Conservation of Energy | The law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another. |
Law of Conservation of Mass | The law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes. |
Mass | The measure of the amount of matter in a object. |
Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space. |
Metabolism | |
Mitochondria | In eukaryotic cells, the organelle that is the site of cellular respiration, which releases energy for use of the cell. |
Molecule | A group of atoms held together by chemical bonds; a molecule is the smallest unit of a substance that can exist by itself and retain all of the substances chemical properties. |
Oxygen | |
Photosynthesis | The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to create food. |
Product | A substance that forms in a chemical reaction. |
Reactant | A substance that participates in a chemical reaction. |