Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food

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Autotroph

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Producer, direct

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Heterotrophs

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Consumer, indirect

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Chlorophyll

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The main pigment for photosynthesis

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Cellular respiration

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The process by which cells obtain energy from glucose

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Fermentation

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An energy releasing process that does not require oxygen

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Cell cycle

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The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo i

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Interphase

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The cell grows, males a copy of it DNA and prepares to divide into two cells

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Replication

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The cell makes an exact copy of the DNA in its nucleus

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Chromosomes

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Formed when the DNA in the nucleus and proteins come together

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Mitosis

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When the cell’s nucleus divides into 2 new nuclei and one set of DNA is distributed into each daughter cell

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12
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Cytokinesis

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Completes the process of cell division

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