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Unit 7 Lesson 6
You Are What You Eat
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| carbohydrate | a biomolecule used for energy in living things |
| cellular respiration | the process of taking the energy stored in the chemical bonds of sugar and oxygen and converting it to usable energy |
| cellulose | a carbohydrate made from glucose that is found in the cell walls |
| chemical reaction | a change that occurs when 2 or more substances combine to form a new substance |
| conservation of matter | during a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed; it just changes form |
| glucose | a simple 6-carbon sugar |
| nucleic acid | a biomolecule made from nucleotides, for example, DNA or RNA |
| photosynthesis | the process of changing light energy into stored chemical energy in the form of sugars |
| protein | a biomolecule made of amino acids |