Biochemistry Vocabulary

This is a molecule made during cellular respiration with the formula CO2

• oxygen

• water

• glucose

• ATP

• carbon dioxide

This is a molecule released during photosynthesis with the formula O2.

• oxygen

• sugar

• glucose

• water

• carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is a molecule that stores energy and is usually sweet, like glucose or sucrose.

• oxygen

• sugar

• ATP

• water

• carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

This is a molecule that is made during cellular respiration with the formula H2O.

• oxygen

• sugar

• ATP

• water

• carbon dioxide

This is a molecule that stores and supplies cells with needed energy.

• oxygen

• ADP

• ATP

• water

• carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

This is a simple sugar, with the formula C6H12O6, that is an important energy source in living organisms.

• oxygen

• sugar

• glucose

• water

• carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is any organism that can make its own food.

• decomposer

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• chloroplast

• mitochondrion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

This is an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances

• decomposer

• producer

• autotroph

• chloroplast

• mitochondrion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is an organism that cannot make its own food and must get food from other organisms.

• autotroph

• producer

• heterotroph

• chloroplast

• mitochondrion

This is an autotrophic organism that can make its own food, usually in the form of glucose.

• heterotroph

• producer

• human

• chloroplast

• mitochondrion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3