Ch 4 Vocab - Cell Processes and Energy

An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.

• Autotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Stomata

An organism that cannot make its own food, like a zebra or a lion. Many obtain food by eating other organisms, some absorb their food from other organisms.

• Autotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Stomata

Chemical compounds that absorb light, in chloroplasts it is green.

• Autotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Pigments

The main photosynthetic pigment in chloroplasts.

• Autotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Pigment

The process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food. From the Greek word meaning “light” and “putting together”

• Autotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Stomata

Small openings on the underside of leaves where carbon dioxide enters.

• Autotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Heterotroph

• Photosynthesis

• Stomata

This energy-releasing process provides energy to cells without using oxygen.

• Cytokinesis

• Differentiation

• Fermentation

• Replication

• Respiration

The process by which cells obtain energy from glucose. During this process, cells break down simple food molecules such as sugar and release the energy they contain.

• Cytokinesis

• Differentiation

• Fermentation

• Replication

• Respiration

The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo.

• Cell cycle

• Chromosome

• Interphase

• Mitosis

• Stem cell

The final stage of the cell cycle where the cytoplasm divides and the organelles are distributed into each of the two new cells.

• Cytokinesis

• Differentiation

• Fermentation

• Replication

• Respiration