Cellular Processes Vocabulary

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The process by which cells convert chemical energy into useful energy for cellular processes

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Cellular respiration

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The process by which autotrophic organisms capture light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen

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Photosynthesis

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The primary molecule used by cells to store chemical energy for use in cellular processes

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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

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An organism that obtains its energy from an abiotic source, such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals

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Autotroph

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The organelle where photosynthesis occurs in plant cells

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Chloroplast

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The ability of a system to do work or produce heat

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Energy

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A sugar [C6H12O6] that is produced in photosynthesis and used during cellular respiration for energy production

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Glucose

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Anything that has volume and mass

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Matter

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An organelle in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells that functions in energy production; the power factory of the cell

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Mitochondrion