Metabolism Vocab Ch. 1-2

The body's use of molecules for energy and growth

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A molecule is a group of atoms joined together in a ______ way.

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Glucose is a molecule that organisms can use the release energy and is made of _____, ______, and _______ atoms.

• carbon

• hydrogen

• oxygen

• amino acids

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a molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy

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Amino acids are the building blocks of ____.

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Cells can only use molecules that are small enough to ____ a cell.

A functioning human body has molecules from food (oxygen and amino acids) and molecules from air (glucose) in its cells.

• True

• False

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The _____ system brings in oxygen molecules from the air. These oxygen molecules are already small enough to fit into cells.

• digestive

• circulatory

• respiratory

The _____ system brings in food and breaks it down into smaller molecules, such as glucose and amino acids, that can fit into cells.

• respiratory

• digestive

• circulatory

The circulatory system transports glucose, oxygen, and amino acid molecules to every cell in the body.

• respiratory

• digestive

• circulatory