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Science Vocabulary
Chapter 2 Science Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Photosynthesis | the process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food |
Autotroph | an organism that makes its own food |
Heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food, including animals such as the zebra and lion |
Chlorophyll | the main pigment for photosynthesis in chloroplasts |
Cellular Respiration | is the process by which cells obtain energy from glucose |
Fermentation | is an energy-releasing process that does not require energy |
Cell Cycle | the regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo |
Interphase | the first stage of the cell cycle |
Replication | the cell makes an exact copy of the DNA in its nucleus in a process called... |
Chromosome | within the nucleus, DNA and proteins form threadlike structures called... |
Mitosis | the second stage of the cell cycle |
Cytokinesis | the final stage of the cell cycle that completes the process of cell division |