Cellular Energy

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Any of various small bodies (as chloroplasts) that occur in the cytoplasm of cells of photosynthetic organisms (as plants).

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Plastid

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A cellular part that contains chlorophyll and is the location of photosynthesis.

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Chloroplasts

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The process by which plants and some bacteria and protists that contain chlorophyll make carbohydrates from water and from carbon dioxide in the air in the presence of light.

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Photosynthesis

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The green coloring matter that is found in the chloroplasts of plants and is necessary for photosynthesis.

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Chlorophyll

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A sugar that occurs especially in a naturally occurring form that is found in plants, fruits, and blood and is a source of energy for living things.

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Glucose

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Any of various chemical reactions (as oxidation) in cells that release energy from food molecules (as glucose).

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Cellular Respiration

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One of the round or long bodies found in the cytoplasm of cells outside the nucleus that are rich in fats, proteins, and enzymes and are important centers of metabolic processes which use oxygen and produce energy.

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Mitochondria

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Living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen.

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Aerobic Respiration

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Living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen.

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Anaerobic Respiration

(Fermentation)

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Energy, it stores and controls the release of energy within the cell.

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Adenosine Triphosphate

(ATP)