Chapter 5- Vocabulary

Question 1

calvin cycle

Answer 1

the second stage of photosynthesis, in which chemical reactions produce glucose and other simple sugars.

Question 2

chlorophyl

Answer 2

green pigment in plants that captures the sun’s energy for photosynthesis.

Question 3

chloroplast

Answer 3

an organelle in plant cells that contains chlorophyl.

Question 4

photosynthesis

Answer 4

the process by which plants use energy from sunlight and raw materials from air and water to make glucose to obtain energy.

Question 5

fermentation

Answer 5

an anaerobic process in which cells break down sugar or starch into carbon dioxide, either achahol (?) or lactic acid, and a small amount of ATP.

Question 6

food chain

Answer 6

a sequence of organisms through which food energy passes.

Question 7

food web

Answer 7

a network of relationships in which the flow of energy branches out in many directions.

Question 8

metabolism

Answer 8

the continual chemical and physical processes that balance the production consumption storage of energy in an organism.

Question 9

producer

Answer 9

an organism that make its own food.

Question 10

respiration

Answer 10

the process by which a cell can break down glucose into carbon dioxide and water.