Vocab for CR

Question 1

Autotroph

Answer 1

An organism that can synthesize it’s own food.

Question 2

Heterotroph

Answer 2

An organism that can’t synthesize it’s own food.

Question 3

Cellular Respiration

Answer 3

Process of living cells break down glucose molecules.

Question 4

Pigment

Answer 4

A substance that gives a characteristic color to a plant or animal.

Question 5

Chlorophyll

Answer 5

Molecule produced by plants that give them their color green.

Question 6

Thylakoid membrane

Answer 6

An internal system of interconnected membranes that carry out light reactions of photosynthesis.

Question 7

ATP

Answer 7

Storing and transferring energy in cells.

Question 8

Aerobic respiration

Answer 8

Cells that convert chemical energy like oxygen/nutrients into adenosine triphosphate.

Question 9

Anaerobic respiration

Answer 9

Glucose breaks down without oxygen.It produces lactic acid rather than carbon dioxide and water.

Question 10

Glycolysis

Answer 10

A catabolic process that breaks down sugars.

Question 11

Fermentation

Answer 11

The breaking down of sugar molecules into simpler compounds.