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Cells Chapter 2 ツ
This is cells chapter 2. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Term | Definition |
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Photosynthesis | The process by which plants and other autotrophs capture and use light energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water. |
Autotroph | An organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food. |
Heterotroph | An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things. |
Chlorophyll | A green photosynthetic pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria. |
Cellular Respiration | The process in which oxygen and glucose undergo a complex series of chemical reactions inside cells, releasing energy. |
Fermentation | The process by which cells release energy by breaking down food molecules without using oxygen. |
Cell Cycle | The series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells. |
Interphase | The first stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs, during which a cell grows and makes a copy of its DNA |
Replication | The process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus before cell division. |
Chromosomes | A threadlike structure within a cell's nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next |
Mitosis | The second stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei and one set of DNA is distributed into each daughter cell. |
Cytokinesis | The final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cell's cytoplasm divides, distributing the organelles into each of the two new daughter cells |