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Cellular respiration?

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A process that uses glucose and oxygen to make energy/ATP for the cells.

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Glucose

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Simple sugar used by the cells to make energy/ ATP

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Oxygen

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Molecule needed by the cells to make energy/ ATP

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ATP

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Molecule made by the cells during cellular respiration. ATP is usable energy

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Digestive system

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Collection of organs, including the stomach, intestine and pancreas that digest the food and transfer it into the blood

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Digestion

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The process of physically and chemically transforming the food into nutrients (glucose, amino acids and fatty acids)

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Enzymes

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Proteins that make chemical reactions (digestion) possible

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Absorption

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The movement of nutrients from the digestive system to the blood- It is possible because of diffusion

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Small intestine

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Part of the digestive system where digestion and absorption occur

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villi

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Tissue in the small intestine. These tiny projections increase the surface are and the proximity of the blood vessels with the nutrients.