Cell Energy Vocab

A chemical compound that can be converted to ATP with the addition of one phosphate group

• ADP

• APP

• Glucose

• Adenosine

Organisms such as animals that obtain energy by consuming plants and other animals

• Autotrophs

• Carnivores

• Heterotrophs

• Herbivores

Organisms such as plants that usually use energy directly from the sun to produce glucose and other carbohydrates

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

• Prokaryotes

• Eukaryotes

A stack of thylakoids within a chloroplast

• Stroma

• Centrioles

• Granum

• Matrix

A chemical compound used by living things to store and release energy

• ADP

• Glucose

• Phosphate

• ATP

The stage of photosynthesis that does not require light

• Calvin cycle

• Krebs cycle

• Electron transport chain

• Light dependent reactions

An organic molecule made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; used as a source of energy and gives structure to some cells

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

• Nucleic acids

The green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plant cells that absorbs energy from the sun and uses that energy in the first stage of photosynthesis

• Stroma

• Chlorophyll

• Thylakoid

• Xanthophyll

The process of converting the inorganic carbon found in carbon dioxide into organic carbon found in glucose

• Photosynthesis

• Carbon fixation

• Cellular respiration

• Fermentation

A polysaccharide made by plants to store energy

• Glucose

• Cellulose

• Starch

• Glycogen