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Vocab (science)
Vocabulary words for science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| photosynthesis | process by which plants, algae, etc, are used to make food |
| Cellular Respiration | uses oxygen to break down food and chemical process in cells |
| O2 | oxygen |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| breathing | removes carbon dioxide |
| Eucaryotes | Cellular Respiration takes place in mostly the mitochondrion |
| O2 does what | Breaks down glucose and releases energy |
| glucose | carbohydrate |
| Bread does what | Bebbles of CO2 gas cause the dough to rise and leave small holes in the bread. |
| Fermentation | gets you energy if the cellular respiration is not working properly. |
| what does fermation do | makes a burning sensation |
| diffusion | the movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of a lower density. |
| Osmosis | the diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane. |
| passive transport | the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell. |
| Active transport | the movement of substances across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy. |