Cellular Energy Vocabulary

the ability to do work

• Thermodynamics

• Force

• Energy

• Work

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

the study of the flow and transformation of energy in the universe

• Thermodynamics

• Energy

• Biology

• Ecology

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NGSS.HS-PS3-1

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organism that captures energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce its own food; provides the foundation of the food supply for other organisms; also called a producer

• Chemotroph

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Omnivore

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organism that cannot make its own food and gets its nutrients and energy requirements by feeding on other organisms; also called a consumer

• Omnivore

• Chemotroph

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

all of the chemical reactions that occur within a cell

• Metabolism

• Energy

• Thermodynamics

• Heat

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

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the anabolic process in which light energy from the Sun is converted to chemical energy

• Photosynthesis

• Chemosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Autotroph

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

the anabolic process in which light energy from the Sun is converted to chemical energy

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Glycolysis

• Calvin Cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

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energy-carrying biological molecule, which, when broken down, drives cellular activities

• Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate(G3P)

• 3-Phosphoglycerate(3-PGA)

• Adenosine Triphosphate(ATP)

• Rubisco

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

in chloroplasts, one of the stacked, flattened, pigment-containing membranes in which light-dependent reactions occur

• Thylakoid

• Pigment

• Grana

• Stroma

stacks of thylakoids

• Thylakoid

• Pigment

• Grana

• Stroma