Cell processes vocab

Front

What organelles release energy by using oxygen to breakdown sugars?

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Mitochondria

Front

What are the conditions that stay the same in an experiment called?

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Constants

Front

What is the tendency of a substance to move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration?

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Diffusion

Front

What is the chemical process by which cells release energy from sugar when no oxygen is present?

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Fermentation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Front

What organelle in a plant cell contains chlorophyll and uses sunlight to make sugar?

Back

Chloroplast

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

What is the process called when water moves across a semipermeable membrane?

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Osmosis

Front

What is the term for the variable that is changed in an experiment?

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Independent variable

Front

What do we call the variable that is measured in an experiment?

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Dependent variable

Front

What is the process of moving substances against their concentration gradient using energy?

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Active transport

Front

What is the name of the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?

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Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3