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Energy in Cells
Photosynthesis and Respiration
Question | Answer |
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The process by which plants and some other organisms capture the energy in sunlight to make food. | photosynthesis |
A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function of a cell. | organelle |
The movement of materials through a cell membrane using cellular energy. | active transport |
Where the DNA of a cell is stored and the instructions for the cells function. | nucleus |
When a substance changes due to a chemical reaction (ash after wood has burned). | chemical change |
A type of protein that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living thing. | enzyme |
Small openings on the underside of most plant leaves through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move in and out. | stomata |
The process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain. | cellular respiration |
A cell that has chloroplasts and a cell wall in addition to all the other normal cell parts. | plant cell |
A cell that has no chloroplast or cell wall | animal cell |
A rod-shaped cell part that changes energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to do it's job. | mitochondria |
A part in a cell of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from the sun and uses it to produce food. | chloroplast |