photosynthesis Flashcards

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Chemical Reaction

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A process by which one of more substances change to produce one or more different substances.

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Chloroplast

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A membrane-bound organelle in plants that is the site of photosynthesis.

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Energy

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The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system.

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Glucose

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A sugar composed of six carbon atoms that is the preferred energy source for most cells; produced by photosynthesis

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Matter cycle

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A movement of elements or molecules through a repeated sequence of events

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Microorganism

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an organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye

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Photosynthesis

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a chemical reaction during which plants convert radiant energy from the sun to chemical energy; the reaction converts carbon dioxide and water into sugar (glucose) and oxygen.

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Phytoplankton

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Microscopic plants that live in aquatic environment and perform photosynthesis.

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Product

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A substance produced during a chemical reaction

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Reactant

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A substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a chemical reaction.

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BONUS CARD: What does the fox say?

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The world may never know

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Carbon

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A naturally occurring element of earth; an essential building block of organic compounds

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Carbon Dioxide

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A gas that is a natural component of the atmosphere; produced by cells during cellular respiration and used by plants and other organisms for photosynthesis

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Cellular respiration

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The process of obtaining energy from the breaking of chemical bonds in nutrients

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chemical reaction

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the process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances

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Conservation of matter

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The law that says matter is neither created nor destroyed in ordinary chemical or physical processes.

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Energy

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The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system

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Matter

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Anything that has volume and mass

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Molecule

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the simplest unit of a chemical compound that can exist, formed when two or more atoms join together chemically.

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Oxygen

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A gas produced by plants during photosynthesis that animals use for respiration

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Cell

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The basic structural and functional unit of living organisms

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Function

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What something does

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Multicellular

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A category of organisms made up of more then one cell and of different types of cell.

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Organ

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A collection of similar tissues joined together into a structure that performs specialized functions

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Organism

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A self contained living thing

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Specilized

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Having characteristics that allow specific functions to be performed.

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Subsystem

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a self contained system within a larger system

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System

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A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole

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Tissue

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A mass of similar cells that perform a specialized function

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Bonus question: i don’t have one

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