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Science Vocabulary 6
Science Words To Learn
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | the capacity to do work; the property of a system that diminishes when the system does work on any other system. |
| Cellular respiration | the oxidation of organic compounds that occurs within cells, producing energy for cellular processes. |
| Mitochondria | an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production. |
| Glycolysis | the catabolism of carbohydrates, as glucose and glycogen, by enzymes, with the release of energy and the production of lactic or pyruvic acid. |
| Aerobic | pertaining to or caused by the presence of oxygen. |
| Anaerobic | pertaining to or caused by the absence of oxygen. |
| Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) | an ester of adenosine and triphosphoric acid,C10H12N5O4H4P3O9, formed especially aerobically by the reaction of ADP and an orthophosphate during oxidation. |
| Enzyme | any of various proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action, as in digestion. |
| Photosynthesis | the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll. |
| Chloroplast | a plastid containing chlorophyll. |
| Chlorophyll | the green coloring matter of leaves and plants, essential to the production of carbohydrates by photosynthesis. |
| Xylem | a compound tissue in vascular plants that helps provide support and that conducts water and nutrients upward from the roots, consisting of tracheids, vessels, parenchyma cells, and woody fibers. |
| Glucose | a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates. |
| Stomata | any of the minute pores in the epidermis of the leaf or stem of a plant, forming a slit of variable width that allows movement of gases in and out of the intercellular spaces. |
| Phloem | the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves. |
| Grana | the stacks of thylakoids embedded in the stroma of a chloroplast. |
| Palisade layer | a layer of parallel elongated cells below the epidermis of a leaf. |
| Spongy layer | a layer of loosely packed and irregularly shaped chlorophyll-bearing cells that fills the part of a leaf between the palisade layer and the lower epidermis |
| Guard cell | each of a pair of curved cells that surround a stoma, becoming larger or smaller according to the pressure within the cells. |
| Stroma | the supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels. |