Chapter 2 Flashcards
Photosynthesis
The process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food
Autotroph
Producer, direct
Heterotrophs
Consumer, indirect
Chlorophyll
The main pigment for photosynthesis
Cellular respiration
The process by which cells obtain energy from glucose
Fermentation
An energy releasing process that does not require oxygen
Cell cycle
The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo i
Interphase
The cell grows, males a copy of it DNA and prepares to divide into two cells
Replication
The cell makes an exact copy of the DNA in its nucleus
Chromosomes
Formed when the DNA in the nucleus and proteins come together
Mitosis
When the cell’s nucleus divides into 2 new nuclei and one set of DNA is distributed into each daughter cell
Cytokinesis
Completes the process of cell division