unit 7 vocab Flashcards

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Autotroph

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Organisms, like plants, that use light energy for nutrition.

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Heterotroph

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Organisms, like you, that cannot use light energy for nutrition.

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Photosynthesis

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Process through which autotrophs harness light energy for nutrition

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Glucose

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The sugar produced through photosynthesis

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ATP

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Common energy molecule produced in cellular respiration

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Cellular Respiration

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the process by which the energy of glucose is released in the cell to be used for life processes

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Aerobic Respiration

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requires oxygen

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Anaerobic respiration

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Does not require oxygen

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9
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Alcoholic Fermentation

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occurs in bacteria, yeasts, and plants

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lactic acid fermentation

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respiration that typically follows exercise in which lactic acid is released in the muscles

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