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| an organism that makes its own food |
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| the process in whcih plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars |
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| produce the organic molecules that serve as food for the organisms in their ecosystem |
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| organisms that cannot make their own food |
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| must obtain food by eating other producers or other consumers |
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| a chemical process that uses oxygen to convert the chemical energy stored in organic molecules into another form of chemical energy (ATP) |
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| energy that is stored due to an object's position or arrangement |
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| type of kinetic energy- random molecular motion |
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| potential energy where the potential to perform work is due to the arrangement of the atoms within the molecules |
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| the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree celcius |
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| stands for adenosine triphosphate ATP is the source of energy used for most cellular work |
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| electron carriers in a series of transfers |
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| what a cell's chemical process makes up all together |
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| the 1st stage in breaking down a glucose molecule |
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| 2nd step; finishes the breakdown of pyruvic acid molecules to carbon dioxide releasing more energy in the process |
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| protein structures in the mitochondria that act like miniature turbines |
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| process where muscle cells make ATP without using oxygen |
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| an evironment without oxygen |
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| the cellular organelle where photosynthesis takes place |
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| the cellular organelle where photosynthesis takes place |
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| chemical compounds that give chloroplasts a green color |
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| convert the energy in sunlight to chemical energy |
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| makes sugar from the atoms in carbon dioxide plus the hydrogen ions and high-energu electrons carried by NADPH |
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| the difference between 2 adjacent waves |
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| the range of types of electromagnetic energy |
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| chemical compounds that make a substance's color |
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| a labratory technique that allows you to observe the different pigments in a green leaf |
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| clusters of chlorophyll and other molecule in the thylakoid membrane that contain hundreds of pigments that acts like a light-gathering panel |
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| the process by which carbon moves from inorganic to organic compounds and back |
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| property that keeps the world climate warm enough for living things |
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