Unit 3 Vocab Flashcard-Panhandle JH

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An organism that captures energy from sunlight or chemicals to produce its own food.

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Autotroph

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Chromosome: A threadlike structure in a cell's nucleus containing DNA passed to the next generation.

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A threadlike structure within a cell's nucleus that contains DNA that is passed from one generation to the next.

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Process by which plants and autotrophs capture light energy to make food from CO2 and water.

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Photosynthesis

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Fermentation

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Cells release energy by breaking down food without oxygen.

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Oxygen and glucose undergo chemical reactions in cells, releasing energy.

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Cellular Respiration

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Cytokinensis

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The final stage of the cell cycle

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Cell copies DNA in nucleus before division

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Replication

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Heterotroph

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An organism that cannot make its own food and gets food by consuming other living things.

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Chlorophyll

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A green photosynthetic pigment in chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria.

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2nd stage of the cell cycle where the nucleus divides into two nuclei and DNA is distributed to daughter cells.

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Mitosis