Unit 2 - Cell Energy Vocab

Question 1

Glucose

Answer 1

A simple sugar that plants create during photosynthesis

Question 2

Chloroplast

Answer 2

One of the tiny parts in a plant cell that contain chlorophyll

Question 3

Chlorophyll

Answer 3

The green pigment inside the chloroplast

Question 4

Concentration

Answer 4

The amount of a substance

Question 5

Reactant

Answer 5

A substance used to start a chemical reaction

Question 6

Product

Answer 6

A substance that is made by a chemical reaction

Question 7

Photosynthesis

Answer 7

The process by which plants make their own food using carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water

Question 8

Autotroph

Answer 8

An organism that has the ability to make its own food

Question 9

Xylem

Answer 9

A specialized structure plants use to move water

Question 10

Phloem

Answer 10

A specialized structure plants use to move nutrients

Question 11

Stomata

Answer 11

A specialized opening in a plant that allows gasses to enter and exit

Question 12

Denature

Answer 12

To alter or change

Question 13

ADP

Answer 13

Adenosine diphosphate is a nucleotide created after breaking the high energy bonds in ATP

Question 14

ATP

Answer 14

Adenosine triphosphate is a nucleotide used in cells for energy

Question 15

Heterotroph

Answer 15

An organism that must obtain its food from another source

Question 16

Cytoplasm

Answer 16

The fluid inside a cell where most chemical reactions take place

Question 17

Mitochondria

Answer 17

One of the parts found in the cytoplasm of a cell that gives the cell energy

Question 18

Cellular Respiration

Answer 18

The process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions

Question 19

Aerobic

Answer 19

Process that uses oxygen

Question 20

Anaerobic

Answer 20

Living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of oxygen

Question 21

Lactic Acid Fermentation

Answer 21

Anaerobic respiration where lactic acid is produced

Question 22

Alcoholic Fermentation

Answer 22

Anaerobic respiration where alcohol is produced