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UVA Mod 4 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conservation | the ethical use and protection of the natural world and its resources |
| Economics | the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth |
| Politics | the activities dealing with the government of a country or other countries |
| Social issue | a problem that affects a large number of people within a society |
| Carbon dioxide | a compound that is a colorless, odorless gas |
| Chlorophyll | a green pigment present in all plants that absorbs light to provide energy for photosynthesis |
| Chloroplast: | an organelle that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place |
| Energy | a capacity to do work that can produce physical changes within living and nonliving systems |
| Glucose | a type of sugar that is produced during photosynthesis to store chemical energy |
| Law of conservation of energy | states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed, but it can transform from one form to another |
| Photosynthesis | a process that uses sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water |
| Cellular respiration: | a set of processes that convert biochemical energy from glucose into an energy molecule that is stored for later use |
| Metabolic process: | an organic process in a cell or organism that is necessary for life |
| Mitochondria | special structures found in most cells where cellular respiration and energy production take place |
| Aerobic respiration | the breakdown of food to create energy in the presence of oxygen |
| Alcoholic fermentation | a process that converts sugars into cellular energy, ethanol, and carbon dioxide |
| Anaerobic respiration | the production of energy without the presence of oxygen |
| ATP | the main energy molecule used in metabolic processes of cells |
| Carbon footprint | the amount of carbon compounds emitted into the environment by a particular person, group, etc |
| Cytoplasm | the gel-like material within a living cell |
| Electron transport chain | a process in which electrons are transferred from one compound to another with a release of energy occurring in the production of ATP |
| Fermentation | the chemical breakdown of a substance |
| Lactic acid fermentation | a process that converts glucose into cellular energy and lactic acid |
| NADPH | an energy molecule used in metabolic processes of cells |
| Organelles | organized and specialized structures within cells |
| Pyruvate | an organic molecule that serves as a medium in many metabolic processes |
| Thylakoid | membrane-bound structures inside chloroplasts |
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