Molecular Bio Vocab Flashcard

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Process that uses glucose & oxygen to produce energy.

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cellular respiration

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Organelle needed for cellular respiration?

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mitochondria

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Organelle that absorbs light energy to create food energy?

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chloroplast

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Materials for sugar from photosynthesis?

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Water and carbon dioxide

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Difference between photosynthesis and cellular respiration:

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Photosynthesis uses CO2; cellular respiration produces CO2.

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Product of cellular respiration?

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All are products: ATP, Carbon dioxide, Water.

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ATP is the cell's "energy currency" because

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most of the energy that drives metabolism is supplied by ATP.

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Energy from the sun is transformed into food by plants; animals eat plants to convert that food into energy.

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The sun's energy is transformed into food by plants, animals eat plants as food so that they can transform that food into energy.

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Importance of Photosynthesis?

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Provides food and oxygen.

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Main energy source for life: ____

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the sun