Energy of Life

Energy molecule

• ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

• Chlorophyll

• food chain

• H2O

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

process by which plants, and some other organisms use sunlight energy, water and carbon dioxide, and convert it into glucose (food for the producer)

• breathing

• Photosynthesis

• Chlorophyll

• Producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The process by which cells use oxygen (aerobic) and break down simple food molecules (glucose) to release the energy they contain.

• breathing

• Cellular Respiration

• O2

• Enzymes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen (anaerobic respiration)

• Mitochondria

• Consumers

• food web

• Fermentation

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

A green organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs

• Chloroplast

• Vacuole

• Producers

• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis

• Chlorophyll

• ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

• Fermentation

• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production in Cellular Respiration

• Chlorophyll

• Decomposers

• Mitochondria

• Carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

a series of organisms which shows the transfer of energy in one path from one organism as it eats another.

• food chain

• food web

• ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

• Enzymes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

main source of energy for all organisms

• food chain

• glucose and oxygen

• SUN

• carbon dioxide and water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which molecule is primarily responsible for storing and transferring energy in cells?

• ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

• DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

• RNA (ribonucleic acid)

• NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7