Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Vocab

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Photosynthesis

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Plants take in CO2, water, and sunlight to produce glucose and oxygen.

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Radiant Energy

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Source of energy necessary for plants to make food

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Chemical Energy

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Energy formed from photosynthesis.

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Glucose

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A form of sugar that plants produce during photosynthesis.

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Chloroplast

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Organelle in plant cells that captures radiant energy to make food; contains green pigment chlorophyll.

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Carbon Dioxide

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Gas used by plants to make food.

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Oxygen

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Gas released during photosynthesis; needed by lunged animals to survive.

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Cellular Respiration

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Cells use oxygen to produce energy from food.

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Heterotroph

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Organism that must get its energy from another organism.

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Autotroph

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Organism that makes its own food.