6A Flashcards
getting energy from food or light and storing it in cells
anabolism
using stored energy to carry on life process through chemical reactions
catabolism
all the processes that get, save and spend energy in energy in an organism
metabolism
molecule in every cell that stores energy
adenosphene triphosphate (ATP)
molecule produced when ATP is used
adenosine diphosphate
molecule used by cells for storing genetic info
deoxyribonuecleic acid (DNA)
consist of a nitrogen constaining base a sugar and a phosphate group
nucleotides
the bases that connect the two halves of a DNA molecule
base pairs
the process by which a DNA strand is copied to make a clone strand
replication
random change in the bases of a DNA molecule
Mutation
makes protien with rhibosomes:genetic info molecule copied from DNA
RNA