LS - Unit 3 Vocabulary Review

The second stage of the cell cycle during which the cell’s nucleus divides into two nuclei and one set of DNA is distributed into each daughter cell

• Prophase

• Anaphase

• Mitosis

• Interphase

an organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food

• Heterotroph

• Animal

• Autoroph

• Consumer

The process by which cells release energy by breaking down food molecules without using oxygen

• Fermentation

• Respiration

• Exhalation

• Dialation

A green photosynthetic pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria

• Chlorine

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplast

• Chloroseptic

A threadlike structure within a cell’s nucleus that contains DNA that passes from one generation to the next.

• Nucleus

• Mitochodria

• Golgi Apparatus

• Chromosome

The process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus before cell division

• Replication

• Mitosis

• Prophase

• G1 Stage

The process by which plants and other autotrophs capture and use light energy to make food from carbon dioxide and water

• Cellular Respiration

• Synthesis

• Binary Fission

• Photosynthesis

The final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cell’s cytoplasm divides, distributing organelles into each of the two new daughter cells

• Telophase

• Cytokinesis

• Enzyme

• Mitosis

an organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Producer

• Director

The process in which oxygen and glucose undergo a complex series of chemical reactions inside cells releasing energy

• Cellular Resiration

• Photosynthesis

• Protein Synthesis

• Glucose Synthesis