Topic 1 Vocabulary (Lessons 1-6)

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Cellular respiration

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A set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Fermentation

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A metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes.

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

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Autotroph

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An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.

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Heterotroph

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An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.

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Chlorophyll

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A green pigment responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.

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Cell cycle

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The series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication.

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Interphase

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The phase of the cell cycle in which the cell prepares for division by replicating its DNA.

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Replication

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The process of duplicating or producing an exact copy of a polynucleotide strand such as DNA.

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Mitosis

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A part of the cell cycle in which replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei.